Help Me? MD and Pre-med

juillet
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:14:54 +0000

First - I think it’s an admirable career to become an MD. But know that there are a lot of jobs out there that involve “science and helping people.” You could be a nurse, a physician assistant, an optometrist, a dentist, an occupational therapist, physical therapist, or a variety of other allied health professions. Physician assistants and nurse practitioners, in particular, do a lot of primary care and actually can work as semi-independent primary care providers, in partnership or under the supervision of physicians. Nurses with master’s degrees also can rise through the ranks of hospital administration, and can eventually have a great deal of power (and good salaries!) within a hospital’s administration.

You could also be an epidemiologist or environmental health scientist, a science writer, a lab technician, a pharmacist or pharmacy tech…so don’t be afraid to explore a little outside of the traditional pre-med mold. Becoming an MD isn’t really “thinking out the box,” so to speak.

Is cost an issue? Both Miami and DePaul are great universities, but if you have no funding that may be a problem for you. Are you in-state to Ohio? where are you in-state? You may want to begin at a community college or a regional public university, both to save money and because that may be where you are more competitive.