How to Become a Physician

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Summary: Becoming a physician requires years of education and training. Find out how to become a physician with tips from an experienced doctor in this free medical career information video.

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By Catherine Stallworth, M.D.
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Catherine Stallworth, M.D., is a board-certified physician with more than 15 years of experience in the health care field. Dr. Stallworth is the medical director at Nashville...read more

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"Well, certainly residency, you just go through an application process. Getting out into private practice, my husband is a physician as well, and he and I both, basically searched throughout the country, and found a city where we both thought, we would both have good jobs, and applied for jobs, and were accepted, and that's how we started out our careers together. You know, medicine I think, is a little different than a lot of other fields, in that, there's not really a big break, other than your acceptance into medical school. I think that's probably a big break, and a big accomplishment, quite honestly, in and of itself. Certainly getting into a particular residency program is a big break, but the nice thing about medicine, is that once you become a physician, there's not so much competition amongst physicians. It's a long time training, but once you get there, you're there. My first job in medicine, was as an intern, at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Texas. It was an intercity hospital. We did a lot of trauma care. It was a very intense year. I learned a tremendous amount, at the patient's bedside, but I was very, very busy."

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