deferring for a year

[futuredoc71]

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having a hard time deciding what to do. I had a lot of life changes within the past year, including getting kicked out of my parents house and being forced to rely on my BF for support. Things are going well with my BF, hes an amazing support but I'm still having a hard time emotionally with my family and personal issues. Got accepted to medical school, a DO program, OOS, and am waiting to hear back from 2 MD IS programs-1 hold, 1 interview 4 mos ago and still haven't heard back from them. I am assuming I got rejected from the US MD program... In the meanwhile I've been reconsidering my life goals. I got pushed into pursuing medicine mainly out of a feeling of never being good enough for my family. Now I'm trying to rethink why I ever pursued it in the first place. I'm not so sure I want to be in school with 400,000K in debt and 8 years before I can start a family and what not. Thinking about applying for deferment from the DO program for one year to get my goals in line and/or reapplying MD next year so I can be close and start rebuilding a relationship with my family or applying PA to skip the schooling. Need some professional advice

 

[NickNaylor]

You need to do some reflection and think about what you'd like to do with your life and whether the cost and time might ultimately be worth it in then. If you're thinking about going to PA school then I'd say that's questionable enough in terms of your ultimate goals. I don't think there's anything specifically we can tell you to help you with this decision. It requires careful and thoughtful consideration.

 

[futuredoc71]

You need to do some reflection and think about what you'd like to do with your life and whether the cost and time might ultimately be worth it in then. If you're thinking about going to PA school then I'd say that's questionable enough in terms of your ultimate goals. I don't think there's anything specifically we can tell you to help you with this decision. It requires careful and thoughtful consideration.

Ultimately I'd like to go into research. I never wanted to be a doctor that sees patients in an office all day. as a medical scribe for the past 1.5 years i've realized day to day in patient care is just not my cup of tea

 

[Mwooster]

Ultimately I'd like to go into research. I never wanted to be a doctor that sees patients in an office all day. as a medical scribe for the past 1.5 years i've realized day to day in patient care is just not my cup of tea

Sounds like we perhaps have a good PhD candidate!!

 

[NickNaylor]

Ultimately I'd like to go into research. I never wanted to be a doctor that sees patients in an office all day. as a medical scribe for the past 1.5 years i've realized day to day in patient care is just not my cup of tea

Agree with the above - a PhD or perhaps even a MD/PhD if you do have a genuine interest in practicing clinical medicine and the intersection of research with clinical medicine but don't want to make medical practice your primary focus.