How would a student like myself go about becoming a Speech Pathologist? Do I have to go to Medical School as well?

Great question. First I will answer about the Speech Pathologist. For this degree, you will need at least a Masters Degree and a State-issued License to become one. No medical School is needed.

First step, get your Bachelors degree in something close to Speech Pathologist. There is no designated undergrad program for this, so from the research I found, it says to look into Communication or Speech and Hearing Sciences may be the best for someone who wants to pursue a Masters in Speech and Language Pathology.

Second Step, Get your Masters in Speech Pathology -- make sure you do clinical practicums and internships, to help you become successful. Another tip recommended is to become bilingual -- its known for them to have a better career outlook and to join a clinical fellowship.

Third Step, Earn Credential. There are a couple -- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) which satisfies most or part of the licensing requirements for most states.

Step Four, Obtain License.

Step Five, Continue education -- it may help you maintain your license and keep up to date on current information. Continuing education doesn't necessarily mean going for your PhD. It could be anything from classes to seminars to workshops. Anything that helps you stand out from the competition.

Now on to the OB doctor -- OB GYN doctor
There is a lot to do to become an OB GYN. I will give you a link with more information. However to summarize the information -- Yes you will need medical school to become an OB GYN doctor. You will need a bachelors degree, 4 years of medical school plus clinical rotations. Once you have completed your Medical Degree, you will complete a 4 year residency training program then if you are interested in more surgical aspect of the field, another 3 year fellowship after finishing the residency.

OB GYN needs to be licensed through the State medical board, most look through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

http://www.innerbody.com/careers-in-health/how-to-become-an-obgyn-doctor.html

Hope this all helps! Good luck!!

While the speech language pathology field is medically-oriented, it is not a requirement to attend medical school to become a speech language pathologist. You go to both undergrad and graduate school and complete your requirements which include supervised clinical practicums. You then complete a clinical fellow, which is well over 1,000 hours of supervised clinical practice under the supervision of an ASHA certified speech language pathologist.

Can you GO to medical school following completion of roughly 6.5 years of education? Sure! Some Masters programs are 2 years some are 3 years. Some schools have a 5 year accelerated Bachelors/Masters program. I have met orofacial surgeons who were also speech language pathologists. They completed their SLP degrees first, went back for either an MPH or additional pre requisites and then went on to either dental school or medical school.

I have taken post graduate medical school courses that I cash flowed following my CCC's completion. It was helpful taking classes from the perspective of oncology or an ENT because I saw how interdisciplinary teamwork was more feasible when we spoke each others' languages.