What Does It Take To Become A Sleep Scientist Or Doctor?
Posted by: Alan in Sleep Disorder, tags: Become, Doctor, Does, Scientist, Sleep, Take, What
A bit about myself:
I am going into a research/medicine related field of bioinformatics, so it will be easy for me to switch into biomed/biochem/etc if I need a different undergrad degree.
I’m not sure if I would rather be a sleep “scientist” or a “doctor”, but they are both as equally attractive to me. I would like to study how sleep works on the microscopic level, and possible develop drugs for treating (neurological) sleep disorders.
I am fascinated by dreaming and consciousness studies, and would like to study how (and why) dreaming and consciousness occurs.
Also, I would like to know if an undergrad degree in Bioinformatics would be acceptable for graduate studies in neuroscience/med school? If not, what routes would I have to take?
Thanks.
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February 12th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Four years of premedical education in a college or university
Four years of medical school resulting in an MD or DO degree (doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree)
One year internship in either internal medicine or medicine/surgery
At least 3 years of specialty training in an accredited neurology residency program