It takes four years to complete medical school and three years to complete a general pediatrics residency. Pediatricians whose postgraduate training combines pediatrics with another medical specialty will spend an additional two years in their residency. read more
Becoming a pediatrician could take from ten years or longer. First, you must complete four years at a university. Once you complete that, you have to move on to four years of medical school. After medical school comes one year as a pediatrics intern, and to finish everything up, you could spend a year or longer in pediatrics residency. read more
Years of School to Become a Pediatrician. First, let's look at the formal schooling part of the 11 years. Becoming a pediatrician classically includes: Four years of college Four years of medical school; This is the traditional path, but there are alternative paths to becoming a pediatrician. read more