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Essential Information. Doctors are licensed medical practitioners who have undergone 11-15 years of training to gain a license. This usually includes four years of undergraduate education followed by four years of medical school, divided into two years of classroom training in medicine and two years of clinical training.
However, after two years, you can expect to start shadowing doctors, psychiatrists, or other health care professionals in order to finish your medical school training. This second part of medical school is called rotations. All in all, you can expect medical school to last four years. Before graduating, you will need to apply for residency in some psychiatric facility in order to finalize your psychiatrist licensing. Your residency will take you an extra four years but will develop your skills using on-the-job training.