Just wondering if PA schools take med school course work? I have a friend who is rethinking med school due to personal problems and I want to help her. Is there anyway this will work out?
med student Thinking about becoming a PA
- Thread starter cheruka
- Start date
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2009
- Messages
- 690
- Reaction score
- 6
Here's an interview with someone who did almost the same thing:
[youtube]95ulmbuVjY0[/youtube]
interesting perspective.
follow up a year later:
[youtube]Znh9lQ9mIVg[/youtube]
D
deleted6669
potentially doable but not a great option. pa and md/do programs are really looking for different types of applicants. if your "friend" is done with ms1 the hardest part of medschool is over and it gets easier from here on out. tell them to stay the course and then match a cush fp residency with night float coverage, etc
- Joined
- May 11, 2010
- Messages
- 363
- Reaction score
- 0
Not exactly. MS2 is much more difficult than MS1 was. The classes are harder. Faculty expects more from you. Tests come more frequently.
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2008
- Messages
- 1,640
- Reaction score
- 423
EMED is right but we have the advantages of being PAs first. 2nd yr is a ton of clinical stuff which makes it easier for a PA
- Joined
- May 11, 2010
- Messages
- 363
- Reaction score
- 0
He said that medical school gets easier after the first year. That is not true universally (or even more than slightly for a very small number of people). For the vast majority of people in medical school, second year is more difficult than the first year. He is not right.
