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Help with homework, Q What is the qualifications, professional background and experience of a paediatrician? Answers repetitive??

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bkgirl · 11/03/2021 23:06

Hiya, daughter has homework (she is 17 doing health & social) stuck on question and I am no use. How to give the answer without repeating each category?
What is the qualifications, professional background and experience of a paediatrician?
So..ï‚·a 5-year degree in medicine, recognised by theGeneral Medical Council
ï‚·a 2-year foundation course of general training
ï‚·4 to 7 years of specialist training, depending on your chosen area of medicine
If you already have a degree in a science subject (minimum upper second), you could take a 4-year graduate entry programme into medicine.
You may be able to join a 6-year degree course in medicine if you have no science qualifications. This includes a one-year pre-medical or foundation year.
You could be asked to take the University Clinical Aptitude Test or BioMedical Admissions Test, when you apply for a course. They test the skills you'll need on the course like critical thinking, problem solving, data analysis, communication and scientific knowledge.
Medical schools will also expect you to have some relevant paid or voluntary work experience.
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
ï‚·7 GCSEs, including sciences, with 5 subjects at grades 9 to 7 (A* or A) and English and maths at least grade 6 to 5 (B)
ï‚·3 A levels at grade A in chemistry and either biology, physics or maths, plus another academic subject
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sleepyhead · 11/03/2021 23:26

A paediatrician in the uk would be working towards their MRCPCH exams.

Have you looked at the RCPCH website for info?

MiddlesexGirl · 12/03/2021 09:55

That's just the qualifications. You haven't addressed professional background and experience.
Plus you've focused very heavily on what it takes to get on to a medicine degree. You need to look at what they have to do once on the medicine degree (specialisations etc) and then after - JHO through to consultant.

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