Real life Doogie Howser

[HopelessMS]

Amazing. She will be starting medical school at the age 16-17.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/20/alena-analeigh-wicker-college-stem/

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[gyngyn]

We had a child start at 13 (a long time ago). Poor thing. We don't do that anymore.

 

[joey jake]

We had a child start at 13 (a long time ago). Poor thing. We don't do that anymore.

what happened to him/her?

 

[gyngyn]

what happened to him/her?

We offered (made them take) a PhD first. That slowed them down two years. They spent the entire time in medical school being picked up before and after class by their parents, with no real friends, eating lunch alone... Can you imagine taking a social/sexual hx at 14? Can you imagine the isolation of being a medical student this young, without regard to your facility with the content? Ultimately they became a pediatrician. In retrospect, I'm sure they would consider this behavior a form of child abuse. Luckily, they haven't sued us.

 

[joey jake]

We offered (made them take) a PhD. That slowed them down two years. They spent the entire time in medical school being picked up before and after class by their parents, with no real friends, eating lunch alone... Can you imagine taking a social/sexual hx at 14? Can you imagine the isolation of being a medical student this young, without regard to your facility with the content? Ultimately they became a pediatrician. In retrospect, I'm sure they would consider this behavior a form of child abuse. Luckily, they haven't sued us.

I don't see a problem.

 

[Fpg1245]

We offered (made them take) a PhD. That slowed them down two years. They spent the entire time in medical school being picked up before and after class by their parents, with no real friends, eating lunch alone... Can you imagine taking a social/sexual hx at 14? Can you imagine the isolation of being a medical student this young, without regard to your facility with the content? Ultimately they became a pediatrician. In retrospect, I'm sure they would consider this behavior a form of child abuse. Luckily, they haven't sued us.

The biggest thing for the school would be do they have the maturity to handle what goes on in the wards? Obviously, if they are genius they can handle the work but some of the softer skills come into the play and just overall life experience.

 

[gyngyn]

The biggest thing for the school would be do they have the maturity to handle what goes on in the wards? Obviously, if they are genius they can handle the work but some of the softer skills come into the play and just overall life experience.

It's not just the kid.
Show me a test for this level of maturity. ...and what about the patients?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Reading the article, she is going through https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/admissions/burroughs-wellcome-scholars-early-assurance-program . She will start medical school in earnest with the entering class of 2024, if she meets the requirements to transition. Given what opportunities she already has experienced, I'd root for her to do well.

 

[doomer_md]

Reading the article, she is going through https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/admissions/burroughs-wellcome-scholars-early-assurance-program . She will start medical school in earnest with the entering class of 2024, if she meets the requirements to transition. Given what opportunities she already has experienced, I'd root for her to do well.

Still sounds terrible. I hated doing AP classes when I was 15 so I can't imagine doing medical school at 15.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Still sounds terrible. I hated doing AP classes when I was 15 so I can't imagine doing medical school at 15.

I would worry about her being able to get clinical experience given her age. But I am going to presume UAB med will do whatever it can to make sure she doesn't stumble.

 

[gyngyn]

I am going to presume UAB med will do whatever it can to make sure she doesn't stumble.

They can do everything possible (we did). Some things just cannot be accomodated given the nature of human development. Ask any pediatrician.

 

[Fpg1245]

It's not just the kid. What about the patients?
Show me a test for this level of maturity.

I’m sure patients will love being interviewed by someone old enough to be their grand child. Wonderful.

Also what happens if she gets sued? How do you sue a 15 year old? Will anybody insure her?

 

[NY_Med]

Super Impressive for her age. I feel like a 100% online undergraduate degree at a religious private school in a EAP program with a fairly low MCAT requirement (495) is a recipe for disaster though.

I wish her the best though, that is quite the accomplishment.

 

[Goro]

I don't see a problem.

You're not a parent, are you?

 

[joey jake]

You're not a parent, are you?

I'm not a parent.

 

[Goro]

I'm not a parent.

If you were, you'd see the problem.

 

[coffeebythelake]

Boy prodigy now a doctor and a young man -- Chicago Tribune

Sho Yano, was a 13-year-old who entered Loyola University at age 9 and graduated summa cum laude just three years later. At 13, he went on to the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, one of the top med schools in the country. Now he's 21 and graduating and going to be a resident...

galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com

Sho Yano started medical school @ 13 y.o.

 

[LizzyM]

Let's think about detailing to a 14 year old that in taking a medical history you'll need to ask people in their 20s and 30s if they have sex with men, women or both. Ask, "Do you have oral, vaginal, or anal contact? Do you use condoms or dental dams? Do you have a history of x, y and z." Let's explain to a 15 year old that you'll need to use gloves and lube to make a rectal exam of a male patient or a trans female patient to examine the prostate gland and you'll be doing similar internal examinations of patients born female to examine vagina, cervix, uterus and ovaries.

It is one thing to study "science" and it is another to introduce topics related to sexual intimacy to a minor child. (Maybe I'm old fashioned and this is all taught in the 5th grade but for home schooled kids, I rather doubt it.)

 

[SooConfused]

Boy prodigy now a doctor and a young man -- Chicago Tribune

Sho Yano, was a 13-year-old who entered Loyola University at age 9 and graduated summa cum laude just three years later. At 13, he went on to the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, one of the top med schools in the country. Now he's 21 and graduating and going to be a resident...

galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com

Sho Yano started medical school @ 13 y.o.

And where is he now? A purple unicorn who graduated with a MD/PhD 10 years ago at age 21 doesn't seem to have set the world on fire since, based on a very quick Google search.

He's got his own Wikipedia page, with no information after 2012. Maybe the adcoms are right about giving people a chance to mature before throwing them into the deep end?

 

[LizzyM]

And where is he now? A purple unicorn who graduated with a MD/PhD 10 years ago at age 21 doesn't seem to have set the world on fire since, based on a very quick Google search.

He's got his own Wikipedia page, with no information after 2012. Maybe the adcoms are right about giving people a chance to mature before throwing them into the deep end?

Sho Yano is a physician-scientist studying genetic disorders of ion transport at the National Institutes of Health. His clinical and research efforts are particularly focused on disorders of the sodium-potassium ATPase (ATP1-genes) such as ATP1A3-alternating hemiplegia of childhood. He is using a combination of electrophysiological, cellular, and animal experimental systems to better understand the molecular pathogenesis of alternating hemiplegia of childhood. He is also performing research functional studies on variants in ATP1A1 and ATP1A4.

Dr. Yano completed an MD/PhD and child neurology residency at the University of Chicago, followed by medical genetics residency at the National Institutes of Health/Johns Hopkins consortium program. He is board certified in pediatrics, child neurology, and medical genetics.

Sho Yano

www.acmgmeeting.net

 

[SooConfused]

Sho Yano is a physician-scientist studying genetic disorders of ion transport at the National Institutes of Health. His clinical and research efforts are particularly focused on disorders of the sodium-potassium ATPase (ATP1-genes) such as ATP1A3-alternating hemiplegia of childhood. He is using a combination of electrophysiological, cellular, and animal experimental systems to better understand the molecular pathogenesis of alternating hemiplegia of childhood. He is also performing research functional studies on variants in ATP1A1 and ATP1A4.

Dr. Yano completed an MD/PhD and child neurology residency at the University of Chicago, followed by medical genetics residency at the National Institutes of Health/Johns Hopkins consortium program. He is board certified in pediatrics, child neurology, and medical genetics.

Sho Yano

www.acmgmeeting.net

I guess this explains why he has no patient ratings on healthgrades.com!

I take back what I said about him not setting the world on fire! Pretty darn impressive for a 31 year old!!!!!!