Editing Pediatrics (section)

== Education requirements ==
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Aspiring medical students will need 4 years of undergraduate courses at a college or university, which will get them a BS, BA or other bachelor's degree. After completing college, future pediatricians will need to attend 4 years of medical school (MD/DO/MBBS) and later do 3 more years of residency training, the first year of which is called "internship." After completing the 3 years of residency, physicians are eligible to become certified in pediatrics by passing a rigorous test that deals with medical conditions related to young children.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

In high school, future pediatricians are required to take basic science classes such as biology, chemistry, physics, algebra, geometry, and calculus. It is also advisable to learn a foreign language (preferably Spanish in the United States) and be involved in high school organizations and extracurricular activities. After high school, college students simply need to fulfill the basic science course requirements that most medical schools recommend and will need to prepare to take the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) in their junior or early senior year in college. Once attending medical school, student courses will focus on basic medical sciences like human anatomy, physiology, chemistry, etc., for the first three years, the second year of which is when medical students start to get hands-on experience with actual patients.<ref>{{Cite news |title=What Education Is Required to Be a Pediatrician? |language=en |url=http://learn.org/articles/What_Education_Is_Required_to_Be_a_Pediatrician.html |access-date=2017-06-14 |archive-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607205626/http://learn.org/articles/What_Education_Is_Required_to_Be_a_Pediatrician.html |url-status=live }}</ref>