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I was on this forum for a few years as a pre-med. I went back and repeated basic science classes in 2006, and finished my BS in pharmacology in 2010. It's an unusual degree that if only offered at three schools for an undergraduate major, and employers are apparently confused by that. It's essentially biochem with a year of both pharmacology (drug design, not pharmacy), and pharm lab.
Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to pursue an MD. I'd finish residency at forty, and I'd rather be a PA. I have four years of academic research experience with over a dozen conference presentations and four publications, and a 3.8 GPA. I'm certainly not bragging; when you spend four years supporting yourself and working hard, you make sure it's worth the time and emotional investment. Once I decided not to pursue med school, I found my degree worthless. I am back to working as a surgical tech (certificate program that I never paid...I learned on the job 10 years ago), because it pays nearly double what I can earn withh degree and lab experience. It strikes me as sad that four years of education and lab experience are useless compared to hands-on experience in an operating room.
I digress. I don't want to finish residency at 40. PAs do more now than they did when I went back to school six years ago. It seems like a better investment for me. Am I in the right forum?
Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to pursue an MD. I'd finish residency at forty, and I'd rather be a PA. I have four years of academic research experience with over a dozen conference presentations and four publications, and a 3.8 GPA. I'm certainly not bragging; when you spend four years supporting yourself and working hard, you make sure it's worth the time and emotional investment. Once I decided not to pursue med school, I found my degree worthless. I am back to working as a surgical tech (certificate program that I never paid...I learned on the job 10 years ago), because it pays nearly double what I can earn withh degree and lab experience. It strikes me as sad that four years of education and lab experience are useless compared to hands-on experience in an operating room.
I digress. I don't want to finish residency at 40. PAs do more now than they did when I went back to school six years ago. It seems like a better investment for me. Am I in the right forum?
