DPM/MDby Anonymous (no login) It seems that most of the talk on this forum as to why DPM's choose their profession is because they could not get into medical school. This is just my observation, and I don't necessarily support or refute this. On one hand, you consider other viable options to provide medical care for people of which podiatry is a good one. Most people with aspirations of choosing a health-care related field who can't get into medical school don't want to switch gears completely and go into sales or business. However, many people may choose podiatry outright to aviod being on call and the additional stress some MD's or DO's face. When a profession (MD) has such high standards, you can always say people who chose below that just didnt have what it takes. However, all the pods and DO's I've shadowed are very bright individuals who could have excelled in med-school. Just some thoughts on this. My real question is in regaurds to a D.P.M/MD. I have heard that no D.P.M. credits will transfer to an MD school, and I want to be certain of this. Do any D.P.M/MD programs exist or are all of the people claiming to be a D.P.M/MD simply return to medical school and do it all over again? I would think completing a D.P.M. would certainly enhance your admission to medical school. I am considering DO/MD/ and D.P.M. at this point, but do not want to spend 4-5 years of my life trying to get into MD or DO school. Any thoughts on any of this? Sorry for the randomness of this posting. I was just getting some thoughts down. Thanks from IP address 162.129.227.254 Goto Forum Home |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| DPM/MD | 3rd year on Dec 2, 6:58 PM |
| Been there, Done that. | on Dec 15, 4:21 PM |
| Re: your change of mind | Lena on Jan 6, 1:32 PM |
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