Have you ever wondered what "OBGYN" stood for? It's an anagram for an interesting job, actually. The OB stands for Obstetricians and GYN stands for Gynecologists. An OBGYN is a doctor who specially treat pregnant women, their babies and help women with their 'lady parts'. They usually treat disorders, pain, infertility, infections and sometimes cancer. They also sometimes deal with scary subjects like menopause, miscarriages and sexual transmitted diseases. Becoming an Obstetrician and Gynecologist requires working with worried women, owning their own clinic and going to expensive medical school (Obstetrician).
As a OBGYN, you are expected to be able to help ladies with their most personal issues and questions. …show more content…
College preparatory classes are also suggested. It helps to begin training to become a OBGYN before college, if you want to become a successful one. After college, future OBGYN's need to go to medical school. To get into medical school, you must have a college degree of some sort. Some highly rated colleges with doctoral courses in America are Yale, Harvard, Mississippi School of Medicine, and my personal favorite, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Medical school is quite expensive though. Out-of-state tuition to go to UCLA is roughly $44,791 dollars. Having taken lots of medical and science majors will help you be admitted to these schools easier. Third, before becoming a OBGYN, you must complete four years of a training school and volunteering at clinics and/or hospitals. Lastly, you must receive certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Dallas. Doing this will help your job as a OBGYN, by letting people know you are board certificated. The whole process of becoming a OBGYN takes around three to eight years, but is totally worth it.
OB/GYN's are honestly one of the toughest doctor jobs out there. You have to deal with ladies who might be