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How to Become a Licensed & Board Certified Physician

Author Healthcare Career Blogger | 03.05.2009

A licensed and board certified physician must complete specific stages of medical education and meet internship requirements to become a fully licensed and board certified physician. Those stages are:

  • Pre-medical
  • Medical school
  • Sub-internship
  • Internship
  • Residency
  • Fellowship
  • Pre-medical
  • Medical school
  • Sub-internship
  • Internship
  • Residency
  • Fellowship

Board certification includes these elements:

  • Licensure
  • Continuing medical education

What are the pathways recommended to obtain a medical degree to practice and work as a physician in the United States?

  • Medicine (MD)
  • Osteopathic (DO)
  • (IMG)

What kinds of degrees can be obtained?

  • Doctor of Medicine
  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
  • MD/PhD or DO/PhD

What exams are required to become a licensed physician?

  • MCAT
  • COMLEX
  • Step 1, 2CE, 2PE, 3
  • USMLE
  • Step 1, 2CK, 2CS, 3

What are the regulatory bodies that govern the education and licensing of physicians in the United States?

  • Association of American Medical College
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
  • National Resident Matching Program
  • National Matching Service
  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  • Liaison Committee on Medical Education
  • Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
  • Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • American Medical Association

Certifying Board

National Organization

Physician Type

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)

American Medical Association; (AMA)

M.D. and D.O.

American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABS)

American Osteopathic Association; (AOA)

D.O. Only

American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)

American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS)

M.D. and D.O.

 

 

 

 

Medical doctor jobs are available to licensed and board certified physicians to work as permanent physicians and/or locum tenens in hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the United States.

See Medical doctor jobs and locum tenens specialties

What organizations can medical students belong to in college that will help them advance their education?

Student groups include:

  • American Medical Student Association
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Sigma Sigma Phi
  • Student National Medical Association

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