how long do you have to be in psychiatry
Typically, it takes about eight years of post-undergraduate study in order to become a board-certified psychiatrist. So, if you include the time it takes to earn a bachelorâs degree, most students are looking at spending at least 12 years in school and training to become a psychiatrist.
For example, family medicine training is 3 years. Both psychiatry and neurology training programs are 4 years. The first year of psychiatry residency includes at least 4 months of clinical training in either internal medicine and/or pediatrics and at least 2 months of neurology training. The first year of a neurology residency includes 8 months of training in internal medicine.