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How many classes does it take to be in the medical field?

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Thank you comment icon Hi Crystal, what are you looking to do in the medical field? Some careers are entry level and do not require a degree and some as Richard stated below do require at least a bachelors and higher. Lisa Lucchesi
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Richard’s Answer

The amount of classes it takes to enter the medical field depends on which career you want to pursue. Becoming a nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or physician all require very different courses. For example, if you want to become a physician in the United States, you must obtain a Bachelor's degree (any major) and complete a set of premedical requirements. The premedical requirements differ depending on for which medical school you apply. However, most medical schools require biology, chemistry, physics, and organic chemistry courses (with lab). However, before planning to apply, you should look at the specific requirements for the medical school which you want to attend. Some, for example, require biochemistry, which is becoming more common.

If you want to enter a different career in the medical field, you should look up the requirements at different institutions.
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Rachel’s Answer

You will need to obtain a bachelor's degree and maintain a high GPA. You also need to complete the pre-med requirements, preferably with A’s. These include at least a year of biology, 1 year inorganic chemistry, 1 year organic chemistry + labs, physics, calculus, and biochemistry.
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Annette’s Answer

It depends what you define as medical field. There are many opportunities to become part of the medical team. You will find technical opportunities which only require a 2 year investment and physicians careers which require up to 6 - 10 years depending the specialty.
Consider technical careers like sonographer, xray tech, cardiovascular technician invasive and no invasive, phlebotomist etc.

Technical careers do provide a quick entry into the medical field with decent salary, Understand many times the investment, responsibility and willingness to grow as a professional can also lead you to higher roles like supervisor, management, even transition to medical sales/pharmaceutical reps/ equipment sales

You can also think Nurse Practitioners, CRNA PA, depending on interest like primary care, obstetric, cardiology etc requirement varies.

When you think about physicians you might end up on the longer timeframe investment.

Lastly, is very important to research and find the best program that meets your needs. There are online program, hybrid programs, accelerated and traditional they all have different requirement and timeframes. I personally don't think the careers opportunities are attached to with your future success or acceleration is more about what you do with what you learn, how you execute and how you continue to grow as a professional.
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Estelle’s Answer

You need a college degree including the premed requirements & four years of medical school. Different college degrees have different requirements regarding the number of classes. Medical schools have slightly different curriculums depending on where you go.
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