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Hello helpful community
I'm currently a 3rd year medical student on my last rotation before 4th year. I guess I've known for a while that I really hate being in Medicine but haven't been sure what to do about it. So I'm entertaining giving it up and starting something new. I had a few questions, however, and was wandering if anyone had some answers / suggestions.
1. Is it possible to say, complete a pre-lim. year, obtain license, and then simply "moonlight" occasionally? That is - apply and tell them outright I have no intention of going beyond intern year, and be taken seriously? This would be the weekend job to support my weekday penniless self.
2. What kinds of opportunities are out there for people with an M.D. but no license?
3. Should the need arise, is it possible to say..in several years time, come back and apply for something non-competitive and get in? I do have generally ok grades - mostly high pass, all high pass in the clinical years so far, and a 227 on Step 1, so not a sub-par applicant in that regards.
As a caveat, I have been looking around a bit - at AMWA for instance - and still find things like health policy, etc interesting. I realize this is probably a bit strange but was just curious if anyone else out there had something interesting to share?
Oh and more school is something I'd like to avoid. At least for now.
Thanks!
I'm currently a 3rd year medical student on my last rotation before 4th year. I guess I've known for a while that I really hate being in Medicine but haven't been sure what to do about it. So I'm entertaining giving it up and starting something new. I had a few questions, however, and was wandering if anyone had some answers / suggestions.
1. Is it possible to say, complete a pre-lim. year, obtain license, and then simply "moonlight" occasionally? That is - apply and tell them outright I have no intention of going beyond intern year, and be taken seriously? This would be the weekend job to support my weekday penniless self.
2. What kinds of opportunities are out there for people with an M.D. but no license?
3. Should the need arise, is it possible to say..in several years time, come back and apply for something non-competitive and get in? I do have generally ok grades - mostly high pass, all high pass in the clinical years so far, and a 227 on Step 1, so not a sub-par applicant in that regards.
As a caveat, I have been looking around a bit - at AMWA for instance - and still find things like health policy, etc interesting. I realize this is probably a bit strange but was just curious if anyone else out there had something interesting to share?
Oh and more school is something I'd like to avoid. At least for now.
Thanks!