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Has anyone started medical school then decided to switch to PA school?
MD --> PA????
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ANYBODY!!!Just bumping the post, I would like to know too!
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a student in my pa class was accepted to med school, but chose pa as a career instead. she didn't drop out of med school or anything though.
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An EMT I used to work with applied to both med schools and PA schools and was accepted by both. She originally accepted a spot at med school, but then changed her mind and went to PA school instead. But, like the poster above said, she didn't actually drop of med school since the classes hadn't started yet.
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Jag takar said:
i'm a pa. i'm going back to med school. i have tremendous respect for pa's, it's just the role i want.
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There probably are not too many who have switched from med school to PA school. The converse is much more common. I went to med school at a Caribbean med school and I think that there was at least 1 -2 PA's on average in each class. (3 classes/year). That was just one med school. I am sure there are similar numbers in other med schools. The good news is that they usually have a huge advantage over the other students.
Are you thinking of dropping out of med school for PA school and just need some help rationalizing the decision?
Good luck.
Are you thinking of dropping out of med school for PA school and just need some help rationalizing the decision?
Good luck.
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I had one FP ask me about working as a PA instead of a as an M.D. 😎 She felt I was under a lot less stress than her. Of course we had the same patient load, patient type, etc. She was a little taken aback when I explained that she couldn't.
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What do you call a med student dropout? Dentists, PAs, DPMs, ODs, NPs, etc. There is no voluntary decision made here...medical schools have a vested interest in ensuring they graduate all of their students (for attrition rates, for the tuition, for admission process validation, etc.), and they will go to great lengths to ensure this. BUT, occassionally someone, somehow will slip through and eventually get "asked to reconsider medicine" = kicked outta med school...it's these people that make the perfect allied health professional, the order taker, not the order maker.Jag takar said:
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IN2bait said:
I wholeheartedly agree. No one in their right mind would give up med school to become the help. The ***** asking about switching from MD to PA is just trying to find justification for his inability to get through the MD curriculum.
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toughlife said:
I agree that it's less common to go from MD to PA, but we don't need to be arrogant jerks about it. The roles of MD's, PA's, NP's are all different-- they*do* have a lighter workload, less school, less stress, etc, and they should because they're not paid as much.
I've met a lot of wonderful PA's, but some have a chip on their shoulder and are constantly trying to justify why they know just as much and work just as hard as MD's. Some nurses are like that too. If that's the case with any of you, PLEASE just go to medical school somewhere and save us from fending off attacks from your damaged ego-- it sucks, and I'd imagine it's a sad way to go through your entire career as well.
