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Looking at the Nursing to MD thread made me curious as to whether there are any therapists or audiologists considering med school!
Are you out there?
Are you out there?
Megboo said:Looking at the Nursing to MD thread made me curious as to whether there are any therapists or audiologists considering med school!
Are you out there?
Megboo said:Yeah, a lot of my upper-level "science" won't count. I took several independent studies during my Ph.D. program that were on neuroscience and aphasia, but since they are COMD independent courses, they will count as "other".
Anyway, I have a private practice right now. It's getting busy, but at least I can make time for my classes in the evening.
jlw said:Would you take a clinical social worker in private practice?
Megboo said:Yeah, a lot of my upper-level "science" won't count. I took several independent studies during my Ph.D. program that were on neuroscience and aphasia, but since they are COMD independent courses, they will count as "other".
Anyway, I have a private practice right now. It's getting busy, but at least I can make time for my classes in the evening.
sasevan said:Hi jlw9698,
Good to know of another mental health professional going into medicine.
I'm a clinical psychologist going into med in order to become a psychiatrist; r u thinking of going into psychiatry as well?
Peace.
jlw said:It's certainly on the radar, but I want to consider other options. I want to be able to integrate what I do now, and psych is the most obvious. But there are other cool things, too, like forensic peds specializing in child abuse... so many options! I keep telling people "Just help get me in! I can decide later!"
good luck to you- PM me if you want!
sasevan said:That sounds promising; child and adolescent psych may provide similar opprtunities.
How far r u in the process?
I hope to take MCAT this April and (hopefully) enter med school in Fall of 07.
Megboo said:Yeah, I think the private practice is my saving grace. It's stressful, especially since I do my own billing and my office is always a mess, and I never get paid regularly. But still, it's what allows me to keep on taking my pre-reqs. I thought about doing some PRN (I used to only work hospitals and SNFs) but because of evening classes, I can't do it yet.
I haven't taken calc yet - I'm debating that one. I've got pre-calc and trig done and did well, but it's more a schedule conflict thing. Although I have seen it at the CC and university near me offered on-line from time to time. That's how I took trig and did great.
I sure hope they take all my "research methods courses" Over the course of my degrees I must have taken 5 or 6 of them!
Anyway, it's nice to see there are more therapists out there besides me... no offense to nursing.
Good luck to all!
jlw said:I do all my own billing and scheduling, too. I hear you about the irregular paychecks! I need to stay on top of that better. I so wish our group had an office manager, but at least this keeps our overhead waaaaaaaaaay low. But there are definitely perks- my boss is letting me have a 4-day weekend for MLK to get some rest in before classes start.
So you guys have to take all the stats, too? I have Intro to Inferential Stats and Intro to Empirical Research as an undergrad, plus grad school research/stats. I have a feeling the only one that will be factored in as "math" is Infer. Stats since the other two were through the social work depts of their respective schools.
DisgruntledOT said:Another rumor I had heard is that schools will look primarily at your graduate school GPA over your undergrad for admission purposes. Have you heard that as well??
Megboo said:Ugh. I am a one-man team, so I am truly on my own. Yeah, I had stats in each of my B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. programs, but for my Ph.D. programs it was through the edpsych department, so maybe I'll get the credit. Maybe they'll look favorably on my COMD research courses that are called "research design and statistics". It will really annoy me if none are accepted, especially since they are 500 and 600-level courses!
DisgruntledOT said:Megboo, and Jlw, what areas of medicine are interested in pursuing with the background you have?
Megboo said:Oh, duh, I get it. I also refer to myself as "the boss" every now and then. I wish I could get some other independent therapists to open an office with me. Then I wouldn't have to travel so much! Unfortunately, there's not many in my area .
Where are you located, BTW?
Megboo said:Sandwich, IL - about 65 miles southeast of Rockford and 25 miles west of Aurora. I grew up in Chester, IL, though and went to high school in Waterloo, IL, and my first year of college was at SLU
Hey freddy, do you ever have time to take any shifts while in med school?freddydpt said:I'm a PT in medical school... went straight in and took licensure exam between 1st and 2nd year.
jlw said:OK, now that Megboo and I have established that yes- we were at the same undergrad school at the same time, and no- we don't think we knew each other-
When's everyone planning on applying?
freddydpt said:I'm a PT in medical school... went straight in and took licensure exam between 1st and 2nd year.
Megboo said:No offense, but butt-wiping isn't that bad compared to dealing with trach secretions! Especially from a smoker! Blech! **flashback to medical speech-path days**
Anyway, good to see ya - are you going to be applying to Canadian schools only or both US and Canadian?
I'm now comfortable with mucus and puke, it's more the wretching part of throwing up that gets me. Must be some kind of reactionary reflex!