optometry school to medical school?

[cmec429]

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Has there ever been a case where one has completed optometry school and wished to practice surgery as an ophthalmologist? Would there be some kind of short cut for people in that situation?

 

[gatewasani]

nope,

pretty sure you have to start fresh.

 

[DrSpontaneouz83]

ie; taking the MCATs, getting a new set of recommendation letters, and may need to get "experience" in the field in order to be a viable candidate.

BTW, in order to be an OMD, you have to complete the 4 years of medical school and then do about 3-5 years of specialty training..it's a long road, so hats off to OMDs (granted many do not feel the same towards Optometrists!).

 

[JAZZEYE]

I have read posts from one OD on SDN who practices Optometry but decided to go to Medical school and pursue OMD.
Seems pretty extreme to me... just from a financial perspective, let alone the amount of years in training it would take to be OD/OMD.
In the words of that great thinker Allen Iverson " For who ? For what ? "
To my knowledge there is no shorter path if you have an OD,
perhaps ( perhaps not ) having an OD may be beneficial applying to Medical school and may help getting you matched for OMD after completin of MD.

 

[Absolute Vision]

Like the previous poster mentioned...there are NO short cuts.

 

[LoganNC]

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