Become a Doctor That Delivers a Baby - Go to college and take the premedical curriculum, which usually includes courses such as organic chemistry, biology and physics. Also participate in extracurricular activities and get letters of recommendation from your science professors. If you can, gain some type of experience working in a hospital or other medical setting while you are in college. This will enhance your application and will improve your chances of getting into medical school, because it will demonstrate your interest in being in the health care field. During the latter part of college, take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), which is a day-long test that assesses your skills in physics, chemistry, biology, reading and writing. You will have to submit your MCAT score along with your GPA and letters of recommendation when you apply to medical school.
Go to a regionally accredited and state-approved medical school. The medical school curriculum includes courses that are relevant to medical science such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, embryology, neuroanatomy, pathology, pharmacology and microbiology. Also, you will learn basic skills such as how to take a medical history. Your school must be approved, because licensure as a doctor in that state will not occur unless the state approves of your medical school.
Become a Doctor That Delivers a Baby
While in medical school find out all you can about the OB/GYN profession, both the strengths and the challenges. For example, being an OB/GYN can be rewarding because you will help babies to be born and will help mothers to get through their pregnancies without incident. However, sometimes you may have to tell a parent that her baby has died, and that is an emotionally challenging experience. Or a parent may have physical problems that are causing infertility, and that is a challenging issue for a patient to go through. Also, OB/GYN doctors work very irregular hours. For example, 55 to 60 hours per week is the normal work week for an OB/GYN; however, working 100 hours in a week is not unusual in some cases.
Choose an OB/GYN residency setting at the end of medical school, most likely as part of the National Residency Matching Program. You will have to apply to several prospective residency sites. If one of your chosen residency sites selects you, then you will do supervised work with patients, learn and observe there for three to four years. You will be paid a modest salary (most likely ranging from $42,000 to $48,000 per year), will work grueling hours (60 hours per week or more) and will have little control over the hours you work. You will have the opportunity to do initial consultation with a patient, monitor the patient during pregnancy and go through delivering the baby, so you will definitely get a real sense of what it is like to be an OB/GYN.
Take and pass the board exam in OB/GYN at the end of the residency. Also take the relevant state doctor exam in the state where you plan to practice. On passing the required exams, submit your application to the state board where you plan to practice. When licensed, then you are able to function as an OB/GYN. You can work independently and have your own practice where you see patients, or you can be a doctor within a medical group that specializes in OB/GYN. Or you can work at a university or a hospital. Typical salaries are excellent, with the average salary being $220,000 in this profession.
Babies are born every day in hospitals everywhere. The doctors who specialize in delivering babies are called obstetric/gynecologists (OB/GYN). These doctors are not only there at the actual birth where they deliver the babies, but they also monitor the mother's pregnancy throughout the term so that the pregnancy and birth goes as smoothly as possible. Becoming a doctor that delivers babies is not an easy thing, because it takes academic dedication and stamina to get through the training. However, if you have strong academic skills, if you have good people skills and if you truly think that you would find joy in helping babies to be born, then becoming an OB/GYN could be for you. - by eHow
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