Kalaphin
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Hi there, recent member of SDN. I recently graduated and got my PharmD this May, and had originally wanted to do clinical pharmacy and tried to match for ASHP 2020. Didn't get it, but was still set on applying to pharmacy residency the following year. I talked to my preceptors who helped me write my LORs and asked them for help for next year's pharmacy residency programs early so that I could put in the work / get advice / increase my chances of getting matched for the following cycle.
Even more recently, however, a friend of mine recommended that if I like clincal so much I should look into becoming a physician, and as I started doing the research and looking into why I wanted to do clincal pharmacy so much I realized that what I really wanted to do was just be clinical in general.
Now I am at the point that I am definitely going to apply for med school next cycle, but I also don't want to drop my plans for applying to residency. If I get into residency this year, my last day as a resident will match up with my timeline of my first day as a medical student. And I don't want to miss the opportunity to learn more and gain more clinical skills that I know a PGY-1 could offer me.
This is all in my head right now and I don't know how to talk to my preceptors about this. I developed very strong relationships with two preceptors in particular and I don't want to destroy that relationship with them. I found my love for clinical BECAUSE I had those rotations, but at the same time, if I pursue med school, will they see me as the student who left pharmacy? I also wonder: am I being too greedy, pursuing a residency while applying for med school? Will my preceptors resent me for taking their time and taking a spot in a program that another student would have benefited from and stayed in?
I'm wondering if there are any other PharmD MDs that ran into the same issue, and I'm wondering, what you did and what happened? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Even more recently, however, a friend of mine recommended that if I like clincal so much I should look into becoming a physician, and as I started doing the research and looking into why I wanted to do clincal pharmacy so much I realized that what I really wanted to do was just be clinical in general.
Now I am at the point that I am definitely going to apply for med school next cycle, but I also don't want to drop my plans for applying to residency. If I get into residency this year, my last day as a resident will match up with my timeline of my first day as a medical student. And I don't want to miss the opportunity to learn more and gain more clinical skills that I know a PGY-1 could offer me.
This is all in my head right now and I don't know how to talk to my preceptors about this. I developed very strong relationships with two preceptors in particular and I don't want to destroy that relationship with them. I found my love for clinical BECAUSE I had those rotations, but at the same time, if I pursue med school, will they see me as the student who left pharmacy? I also wonder: am I being too greedy, pursuing a residency while applying for med school? Will my preceptors resent me for taking their time and taking a spot in a program that another student would have benefited from and stayed in?
I'm wondering if there are any other PharmD MDs that ran into the same issue, and I'm wondering, what you did and what happened? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.