Hi guys,
I'm surprised I don't find answers to this question already in the search function, but here goes:
I'm a medical student (close to graduating) at a very good medical school. I've done well in med school and even honored surgery. I'm interested in rural medicine, being from a very rural state and hometown, and as I look to my medical specialty in the future I've gotten a bit terrified. I wanted a couple of things: 1) to be able to work with my hands, 2) to be able to actually raise my own kids (I'm female) and 3) to not constantly be embroiled in large-scale political and cultural issues as a career. I just want people to come to me with a problem and to actually feel as if I've helped.
So, as an answer to all this, I was considering anesthesia, which I like, but violates criteria #3 and, darn it, I'm really good with my hands and at surgery.
So then I found out about OMS. I thought maybe I could do it as a residency after med school! And then I found out that was not possible. Which is understandable, since I know nothing about the mouth. At all.
Alright, so justification aside, do any of you know anything about people in your classes who have done MD and then gone to or transferred to DMD/DDS schools? If you do, do you know anything about the funding situation? I could stomach the extra years in school, actually they wouldn't be bad, but I don't think I could justify adding another 200k in debt to the pile.
I feel so dumb for not having known this 3.5 years ago... surgical skills + rural specialty + having children clearly equals OMS.... I feel like I missed out on a huge opportunity to do something that would suit my needs and the needs of my community perfectly.
Does anyone have any insight?
I'm surprised I don't find answers to this question already in the search function, but here goes:
I'm a medical student (close to graduating) at a very good medical school. I've done well in med school and even honored surgery. I'm interested in rural medicine, being from a very rural state and hometown, and as I look to my medical specialty in the future I've gotten a bit terrified. I wanted a couple of things: 1) to be able to work with my hands, 2) to be able to actually raise my own kids (I'm female) and 3) to not constantly be embroiled in large-scale political and cultural issues as a career. I just want people to come to me with a problem and to actually feel as if I've helped.
So, as an answer to all this, I was considering anesthesia, which I like, but violates criteria #3 and, darn it, I'm really good with my hands and at surgery.
So then I found out about OMS. I thought maybe I could do it as a residency after med school! And then I found out that was not possible. Which is understandable, since I know nothing about the mouth. At all.
Alright, so justification aside, do any of you know anything about people in your classes who have done MD and then gone to or transferred to DMD/DDS schools? If you do, do you know anything about the funding situation? I could stomach the extra years in school, actually they wouldn't be bad, but I don't think I could justify adding another 200k in debt to the pile.
I feel so dumb for not having known this 3.5 years ago... surgical skills + rural specialty + having children clearly equals OMS.... I feel like I missed out on a huge opportunity to do something that would suit my needs and the needs of my community perfectly.
Does anyone have any insight?
