Today's video is called How To Become a Psychiatrist and it provides a step by step explanation of the path students typically take in order to become a board certified psychiatrist (M.D. / D.O.).

This video will briefly cover:
*Average length of time it takes to become a psychiatrist after high school
*The various steps and standardized tests that need to be taken
*What "Rotations" are in medical school
*What "Residency" is after medical school
*What a "Fellowship" is and why it is optional
*The average salary of a practicing psychiatrist

Here is a summary of the path I took:
*3 years of undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago
*4 years of medical school at University of Illinois at Chicago to earn an M.D.
*4 years of residency at Harvard Longwood Residency in Boston, MA
*1 year fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA

If you have an interest in the field of psychiatry, it is a wonderful field and hopefully you will find it as satisfying as I do.

If you are a student or a parent of a student please like, subscribe, and stay tuned as I will plan to do a Live stream chat for parents and students to field some questions about the process of becoming a psychiatrist and what a day in the life of psychiatrist could look like. I will post up the notification of the live stream at least 1 week ahead of time so people can be prepared to block off time to join the discussion.

~Andrew Kim M.D.

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**Disclosures: At the time of creating this video, Dr. Andrew Kim M.D. was an independent contractor on the Janssen Speakers Bureau and works as a Principal Investigator on FDA clinical trials for pharmaceutical sponsors. **