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Since I really won't be able to apply much before 47, I was curious about the oldest medical school applicants/students that you know...
A 47 year old in my 1st yr. class. A bunch of us thirty somethings .
I think there is a 60ish year old OMS-II at UNECOM
He's still in his 50's: http://www.une.edu/com/spotlight/spotlight.asp?SID=2
My best friend who is now an infectious disease specialist told me that everyone in his graduating class was over 40. He also said that medical schools are starting to show a little more preference for older students.
I have a question about older students in med school? Do they tend to have plans for FP or IM or maybe EM? Are any of these people looking at longer residency periods needed for surgery or cards or GI? Another problem with surgery might be concerns about manual dexterity and the extra harsh nature of surgical residencies.
Here is a question.............if you do a surgical residency and then, due to age, find your dexterity is lacking or you can't stand for long periods, can you switch to FP or IM or would you have to do an FP or IM residency? I suppose if you were in cards or GI, you could be a general internist. Could a general surgeon switch to FP with no additional residency?
Thanks a lot !!
Since I really won't be able to apply much before 47, I was curious about the oldest medical school applicants/students that you know...
There's an SDNer with the handle "oldman" who was a senior citizen (I'm not quite sure of this) by the time he applied to med-school. I think he's a 2nd year resident now. He's the one who originally started the Y!IFMBA! thread.
How do I add my own picture (not a premade avatar) to my post? Website instructions and pleas through emails have not brought the answer.
I know someone who graduated pa school at 72.....not kidding...he's a young 72 as you might have guessed.
This thread definitely makes me feel better I am 26 and have just decided to go back to school. I am hoping to get my bachelors in 2-3 years which would put me in Med School around age 30. I'm glad that I won't be the only older student there.
He's an attending where I went to medical school. The oldest student in my class graduated at 54. He went into EM.One of my classmates started at age 53. He is now practicing Family Medicine on a Native American reservation in South Dakota. Another friend was 52 when she started which means that both of these folks were applicants well above age 50. GWU graduated a gentleman who was 53 in the late 1990s. .