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Can a medical student be in two different resident programs ?

I want to become a pediatrician and an OB/GYN. Is being in two different programs possible or will I have to be in a program for a certain amount of years? #medicine

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Estelle’s Answer

Residency is a full time job. People cannot complete two residencies at the same time. If people want to finish two residencies, they must be completed one at a time. Each program has a predetermined number of years to complete. For example, ob/gyn is 4 years. internal medicine is 3 yrs, and general surgery is 5 years.
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David’s Answer

Salome, I have a friend who graduated from two residencies. Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He had to do them separately.

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Richard’s Answer

Impossible to do 2 residencies at the same time. They can be done sequentially, but this is a significant investment of time. It usually doesn't happen unless a person changes their mind after finishing a specialty, realizing they picked the wrong specialty during medical school.

The only exception with which I am familiar is Med-Peds which is a combined residency that includes Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
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Yasemin’s Answer

Hi Salome! As the answers above state you will have to do the residencies separately but in medical school and with shadowing beforehand as a premed you may understand better which you prefer. As an OB/GYN you still interact fairly with children as well-more so babies. Of course not as much as a pediatrician but if you love children and GYN then it definitely will also be a best of both worlds. I say this because I shadowed an OB/GYN physician and I loved it, it was very dynamic from different cases and surgeries to also visiting the patients after birth in the hospital. For now I would recommend to do well in school and explore medicine in general more because you still have time to decide and medical school will give you a better chance to truly make the decision!

Hope this helps, best of luck!
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