What schools offer classes to become a doctor that specializes in infectious diseases?

what schools offer this?
what are the admission requirments?
how much does it cost?

Just to clarify. There are no schools that offer classes to become a specialist.
If you want to be an infectious disease MD, This is what you have to do: Graduate from college with a bachelor's degree in anything (preferably biological science). Take the MCAT or Medical College Aptitude Test and score well enough to get into medical school. This requires a score of at least 25 or so. Go to medical school for 4 years. When you graduate from medical school, you are an MD, but you need to apply to a residency program for postgraduate training. This is the point when a doctor decides what specialty they will practice. For infectious disease, the nurse is correct. You will do a 3 year residency in internal medicine. After you finish this, you will apply to a fellowship program which is further training for a subspecialty (infectious disease is a subspecialty of internal medicine). This involves another 1 year of training. After you complete this, you will be an infectious disease doctor.
There are lots of medical schools and residency programs. Just focus on one step at a time like I outlined above. The cost is basically "alot", but there is all kinds of guaranteed federal loans for medical students that are easy to get. You get paid a salary once you start residency training.
it is a long road, but well worth it. If you have any more questions, you can e-mail me @ mofactor1@yahoo.com.
Good luck.

Most medical schools offer this subspecialty although some programs are considered to be better than others. Before one applies to a Fellowship program in this area, one must have completed a 3 year program in Internal Medicine (this will be your specialty) and must be licensed.

Click on the site below to get to the Mayo Clinic Post-Grad ID Program. ID means Infectious Disease. Navigate your way around this site to learn more about this subspecialty and admissions requirements, etc.

http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/infectiousdise...

My feeling is that you're not very far along the path to becoming a doctor of any kind or you would have turned to med school resources to get this information.

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