Which speciality takes the least time as a Dr?

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I'm aware Paediatric/Surgeons take the longest to properly 'qualify' and become a consultant.

Which is the quickest?

I assumed it was GP but a friend says it isn't. Can't find much online so would love to hear some person opinions.

I would've guessed (with no knowledge to back me up), that it was Dermatology.

GP is 4 years GEM (assuming you've got a degree in nursing prior to this), then 2 years further training, followed by another 3 years specialist GP training. Then, poof, you're a GP (Oh if only it was this simple).

*personal

GP- 2 years as foundation dr and 3 as trainee

Much quicker than everything else

Sorry posted too soon. I'm in training to become one. It's 5 in total, everything else is at least 7, as far as I know although I haven't checked everything closely

Dermatology is a medical specialty which actually is 1. V competitive 2. Hard work during the training as you do the same on calls and nights as a core med trainee as other medical specialties eg respiratory physicians, gastroenterologists.

Also, sorry for multiple posts but why would you need a degree in nursing to become a doctor first? There's the 5 years direct entry course or you can do a GEM course with lots of different usually biomedical/scientific degrees, definitely not just nursing...in fact I've never met anyone doing medicine with a nursing degree!

Yup its GP. GEM doesn't have to be nursing as your first degree

pearl Thank you for all your responses! I'm really grateful - I was going to do Nursing in order to obtain a GEM place.

I sound ridiculously hopeful but I've obtained distinctions in every piece of my Access course (Health professionals).

It has always been the dream to be a GP. I thought perhaps Nursing would help, since I know it's something you can use as a stepping stone to a GEM.

However, if I didn't obtain a place for a GEM, realistically, the second choice would be Midwifery as a career.

I thought a university may perhaps look more favourably on a Nursing degree. Thank you for giving me some insight

Find Thank you, I really didn't know... I knew you could do a different degree but I thought it may be the obvious choice

@CanYouLook ah makes more sense! Congrats on your results - you'll be good wherever you go I'm sure :) unsure if you'd still need a levels even in grad entry medicine though; I don't know off the top of my head but something to check out.

Try and sort some work experience and see what takes your fancy and go from there. You may find you're sick of the training before you get to the end of it...i certainly am and I did not imagine that a few years ago.

Good luck x

pearl Apparently no A Levels required in a lot of places, providing you have a 2:1 or above in a relevant degree (such as Nursing or midwifery, I'm not sure which others are also relevant too).

If the degree you have is of complete irrelevance then you'd need A Level Science, Chemistry, etc etc, from the places I've seen