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Some medical cadets have already earned their medical degree on their homeworlds and are proficient in the methods of medicine for their own species. Others have completed premedical studies and obtain their doctor of medicine degree from Starfleet Medical Academy after four years of study. Either way, because of their lengthy education, most medical cadets do not enter Starfleet Medical Academy until at least the age of 22. | Some medical cadets have already earned their medical degree on their homeworlds and are proficient in the methods of medicine for their own species. Others have completed premedical studies and obtain their doctor of medicine degree from Starfleet Medical Academy after four years of study. Either way, because of their lengthy education, most medical cadets do not enter Starfleet Medical Academy until at least the age of 22. | ||
Cadets who wish to earn both their undergraduate degree and their MD from the Academy typically major in one of the science specialities or counseling (although any major is acceptable) during their undergraduate years. | Cadets who wish to earn both their undergraduate degree and their MD from the Academy typically major in one of the science specialities (such as biology or chemistry) or counseling (although any major is acceptable provided that pre-medical coursework is completed) during their undergraduate years. These cadets earn their undergraduate degree like any other cadet in those fields before going on to their medical studies. | ||
Upon graduation, medical officers complete an internship and then enter the fleet as general medical officers or continue on to further residency training. | Upon graduation, medical officers complete an internship and then enter the fleet as general medical officers or continue on to further residency training. | ||