Schoey93
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I've changed my mind. I would like to be a paediatrician, helping children every day and donating my cash to children's charities.I agree with Jetblack2007 on this, double specialisation in GP and then in obsterics is not very viable, unless you have a really strong passion in both. Not even mentioning the length of training involved, would you be happy to go back to being a trainee at mercy of the brass after spending years in your own medical practice? From what I can see and hear, the most common double specialisation involves General Practitioner (RACGP) or Physician (RACP) undertaking extra training through one of the faculties or chapters of RACP (I think there are four at the moment), and only then the training for both are concurrent in many cases.
I think being a GP would be an interesting job, but I'd prefer paediatrics and child health as it offers similar variety but you are dealing with just children instead of adults and some children. It takes 13-14 years to become a paediatrician, so I'm in it for the long haul.
What is the postgraduate fellowship called? For GP it is FRACGP.