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health advisory Hospital Doctor Yu 2007-11-8 19:09:09

if i do a bsc degree in psychology then do postgarduate medicine will that make me a psychiatrist. I want to be a psychiatrist but i havent got the grades for medicine because i messed around in my first year of A-levels so now the bedt i can get is an ABB-BBB so i was wondering if i did a bsc in psychology at the university of liverpool then completed post graduate medicine, will i be a psychiatrist. also i was wondering if anyone has any advice about post grad medicine

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You must attend medical school to be a psychiatrist. If you want to be a psychologist, you can get a post-graduate degree (PhD) and avoid medical school, but you will be unable to write scripts.

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I'm not sure, but if you make enquiries you will find out

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no. you haave to first be a medical doctor, then specialize in psychiatry

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I don't think you can do postrad medicine on the basis of a psych degree (in UK anayway). You would need to do a med degree first and then specailise in psychiarty. Psychiatry and psychology are two completely different disciplines. If you want to do psychology you could then go on to do a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology if you get a 1st and know the right people.

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Stop. Before you go any further in advanced courses, go back and learn how to spell. Learn how to use things like periods and question marks. Learn to avoid run on sentences. Learn when to use upper case. Learn to put in a ' when using words like "haven't" for example.

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the only way you can be a psychiatrist is getting a medical degree, passing all the USMLE boards and then getting into a residency in psychiatry (3-4 years just the residency). You can't go into a residency (post graduate medicine) without having a medical degree..