Infectious disease is the specialty of medicine focused on the diagnosis and treatment of viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. Although all doctors have vast knowledge of a variety of infectious diseases, ID doctors take it a step further. They diagnose and treat the full spectrum of infectious diseases and consider details of the patient’s history that other doctors might overlook.
To become an infectious disease doctor, you must first complete four years of medical school, followed by 3 years of internal medicine residency, and 2 years of infectious disease fellowship. Three-year fellowships also exist which often include an additional year of research.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction
00:43 – What is an Infectious Disease Doctor?
03:38 – How to Become an Infectious Disease Doctor
04:57 – Subspecialties within Infectious Disease
04:08 – What You’ll Love About Infectious Disease
07:15 – What You Won’t Love About Infectious Disease
08:48 – Should You Become an Infectious Disease Doctor?
LINKS FROM VIDEO:
6 HIGHEST Paid Doctor Specialties: https://youtu.be/WbC914iWoj8
10 LOWEST Paid Doctor Specialties: https://youtu.be/lYPYkztxIiE
So You Want to Be an INTERNAL MEDICINE DOCTOR [Ep. 19]: https://youtu.be/dRM3Cy5CQI4
So You Want to Be a DOCTOR (How to Become One) [Ep. 1]: https://youtu.be/mu5WzOL8-O8
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