History of Medicine

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Medical training is long and grueling, involving several years of university study followed by several more years of residental practice at a hospital. Entry to a medical degree in some countries (e.g. the United States) requires the completition of another degree first, while in other countries (e.g. Australia -- though it is moving towards the American model) medical training can be commenced immediately after [secondary education]?.

Medical training is long and grueling, involving several years of university study followed by several more years of residental practice at a hospital. Entry to a medical degree in some countries (e.g. the United States) requires the completion of another degree first, while in other countries (e.g. Australia -- though it is moving towards the American model) medical training can be commenced immediately after [secondary education]?.

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The name of the medical degree gained at the end varies: some countries (e.g. the US) call it 'Doctor of Medicine' (abbreviated 'M.D.'), while others (e.g. Australia, Pakistan) call it 'Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor? of Surgery' (a double degree, frequently abbreviated 'M.B.B.S'). In either case graduates of a medical degree may call themselves doctor. (But a doctor of medicine cannot be considered a doctorate?, in the sense that a PhD is).

The name of the medical degree gained at the end varies: some countries (e.g. the US) call it 'Doctor of Medicine' (abbreviated 'M.D.'), while others (e.g. Australia, Pakistan) call it 'Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor? of Surgery (or Chirurgie)' (a double degree, frequently abbreviated 'M.B.B.S' or 'M.B.B.Ch.'). In either case graduates of a medical degree may call themselves doctor. (But a doctor of medicine cannot be considered a doctorate?, in the sense that a PhD is).

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* Psychiatry- note psychiatry is practiced by psychiatrists, psychology by psychologists. Psychiatrists have medical traning, while psychologists do not.

* Psychiatry- note psychiatry is practiced by psychiatrists, psychology by psychologists. Psychiatrists are M.D.'s, while psychologists are not.