Are some gap year jobs frowned upon?
I used to work at In n out in high school and LOVED it. I applied to med school this cycle and am thinking of leaving my current job as an after school teacher for kids to work at In n out again. My current job is not as fun as it used to be. My concern is that if I were to have to reapply next year, I could have done more this year to help my app. I will also be volunteering in an ER 4 hrs/week.
My ECs are okay:
1) 500 hours volunteering in hospitals (will be 200 more by matriculation)
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Are some gap year jobs frowned upon? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 22, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: yungdoc Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
Am I being too optimistic about getting in? These forums are scaring me...
I'll try to keep this brief. I switched from pharmacy to dentistry because I finally matured and realized what I wanted in life.
Horrible stats. Talking 2.7 GPA currently 110+ credits (switched majors, no degree, 23 y/o, working towards bio degree)
What really messed up my GPA is my mid college career. I knew I wanted to be some health professional like my entire family, but I guess I was just dumb since foreverl. Seriously I never took a single AP class, teachers never said I would amount...
Am I being too optimistic about getting in? These forums are scaring me... (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Slueman33 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Dental Source Type: forums
Do NOT, I repeat Do NOT go into this field
I will save you 7 years of life and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do not embark on this journey...why? there is no path that is more expensive to take that makes you 80k. Some teachers make more than podiatrists with a bachelors. Please, oh, please, this is not the career you want. Choose nursing. Choose janitorial. Anything makes more fiscal sense than this. I speak by experience. Literally everyone will take advantage of you along the way. School Residency and then your first job...
Do NOT, I repeat Do NOT go into this field (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 27, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: gnrh11 Tags: Pre-Podiatry Students Source Type: forums
Taking a Theme Too Far
Several of us have a theme in our applications. But I feel like having too strong of a theme can take you into another profession all together:
If you love patient care... why not nursing?
If you love research.... why not PhD?
If you love service.... why not social work?
If you want to solve healthcare disparities..... why not hospital administrator?
If you love teaching.... why not professor/teacher?
Is there such a thing as taking a theme too far? Does this become a problem for...
Taking a Theme Too Far (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 25, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TRexLife4 Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
Re: anyone from a BTEC background that got into graduate med
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Source: The Student Room - August 21, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ri012345 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Caribbean medical student
Dear medical students and physicians,
I'm a current Caribbean medical student who will be graduating very soon. However, it has been a very hard experience as a Caribbean medical student due to poor quality of education and significant lack of resources. I self taught myself most of the time to compensate for the deficiency in my school. For sure, I can't teach myself very well without having good teachers/ clinicians to support my learning, but I did my best.
During some of my clinical...
Caribbean medical student (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 19, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Usmle_Seeker2020 Tags: Medical Students - MD Source Type: forums
My overly informative situation of MD vs PhD!
Hey all!
So I have plenty of experience in the medical field with over 3 years from employment and around 150 hours volunteering. However, lately I have been really unsure of what path I should be taking!
I am extremely interested in both science and medicine (science including chemistry, biology, and physics). My wife says I should be a teacher all the time because I love teaching science so much to people and read nonfiction books for fun (I also think she is worried about me having any...
My overly informative situation of MD vs PhD! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 17, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: matthewsrr Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
Predicted grades
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Source: The Student Room - August 17, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Adedayo Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
can i still do medicine?
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Source: The Student Room - August 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: annanas45 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
IDP in Mexico the best!!!!
Hi
Just to to let you know, there is an IDP ( International Dentistry Program) in Mexico, is very good program, I been there, beautiful facilities, wonderful staff, and people en general.
You will have a great experience, in clinic, patients, classes, with wonderful teachers, and be in another country, culture is amazing. Is very friendly enviroment.
You can learn alot, and is up to you how much you really want to learn and improved you self.
Work is difficult to find anywhere...
IDP in Mexico the best!!!! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mimi's Tags: International Dental Source Type: forums
I didn't get the results I needed for Medicine, what should I do?
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Source: The Student Room - August 14, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: blackpheonix Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
We need to train our teachers in medical education
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
can i become a doctor through a btec?
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Source: The Student Room - August 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Democracy Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Appropriate Level of Aggressiveness in Hem/Onc?
I have recently been wondering whether I went into the right field, because I often don't feel comfortable subjecting patients to fourth or fifth line therapy when I feel they would be better served with hospice. I am training in a large cancer center where 90% of my teachers push patients to the brink of death, with many to die with chemotherapy in the last 2 weeks of life.
Is this an academics thing, or all of oncology thing? Maybe I should do benign heme. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 7, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: thisampgoestoeleven Tags: Hematology / Oncology Source Type: forums
Not sure anymore
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Source: The Student Room - July 31, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Skeletonclique21 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
