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[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Rastus
Have all the freelance gynocologists gone to the love and romance forum?

I'm an amatuer Mammographer does that count?

 

[Kaervak]

After taking national registry tomorrow, I'll be a state of Ohio EMT-Basic. Next on the list is 240 fire, then EMT-Paramedic. Eventually I'm going for Critical Care training. I'd love to do life flight, but that usually goes to ex-military. Hopefully when I start working I get some nice traumas.

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: cscpianoman
I'm right there along with Mo0o. Med school starts this fall.

Where and where?

St. George's in the Caribbean.
And they have a first year program where I can go to Newcastle for my first year of class.

Ah, I got the interview but declined due to my acceptance here at Tulane. their GSP program was definitely interesting.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
After taking national registry tomorrow, I'll be a state of Ohio EMT-Basic. Next on the list is 240 fire, then EMT-Paramedic. Eventually I'm going for Critical Care training. I'd love to do life flight, but that usually goes to ex-military. Hopefully when I start working I get some nice traumas.

You know, I like the NREMT program except you have to maintain employment to maintain your license. When I first certified in CA, I almost went out and got it, but I never had the time. I applied to all the ambulance companies where I lived but got nothing. I think being 18 and no work experience was part of that har har har.

BTW, RELS (Redwood Empire Life Support) in CA doesn't require, or really desire, ex military for their flight medics. They want paramedics with 10 years of experience and thats it.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: Kaervak
After taking national registry tomorrow, I'll be a state of Ohio EMT-Basic. Next on the list is 240 fire, then EMT-Paramedic. Eventually I'm going for Critical Care training. I'd love to do life flight, but that usually goes to ex-military. Hopefully when I start working I get some nice traumas.

You know, I like the NREMT program except you have to maintain employment to maintain your license. When I first certified in CA, I almost went out and got it, but I never had the time. I applied to all the ambulance companies where I lived but got nothing. I think being 18 and no work experience was part of that har har har.

BTW, RELS (Redwood Empire Life Support) in CA doesn't require, or really desire, ex military for their flight medics. They want paramedics with 10 years of experience and thats it.

Interesting. I've been told by the medics that taught our basic class that (here in Ohio anyway) in order to keep your state card vaild/current you need to do 72 hours of continuining education every two years and for national registry it's $20 to renew every five years. I'm sure life flight requirements vary by region. Around here we have so many medics you can't swing a dead cat without hitting at least six of them. Gotta have something a little more special on you skill sheet to land that job.

 

[TraumaRN]

ER RN BSN, in downtown Detroit....trauma city baby

 

[eits]

i'm not a doctor yet (chiropractic, not medical), but i'll be one next year

i'm a chiropractic student and i "work" as an intern in the student health clinic. next trimester, i'll be a senior intern in a satellite clinic treating the public, not students.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: RollWave
Where you headed Mooo?

UWSOM, the seattle site. i got lucky since i got in in november i think and it was first choice so i avoided going to more interviews and didn't send in about 5 secondaries

congrats. i heard good things about there.

 

[dquan97]

Making a career switch from accounting to PA...taking a couple years to ace all the prerequisite science classes. If I excel in them, I might as well take O-chem and physics and shoot for MD. I'd like to work in Pediatrics

 

[msparish]

I'll be starting grad school in the fall for medical physics.

 

[kitkat22]

I'm headed to AZCOM.

 

[umbrella39]

RRT in Detroit, Michigan.

 

[chris7b]

I was an EMT-B...on my way to being a physician!

 

[imported_nerve]

I role play doctor with my girlfriend at night.

Sometimes shes a nurse.

Does that count?

 

[SirStev0]

EMT-b in PA ... eventually MD.

 

[StevenYoo]

i JUST withdrew my application from St. George's !

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: nerve
I role play doctor with my girlfriend at night.

Sometimes shes a nurse.

Does that count?

does she roleplay as the "colonoscopy assistant nurse" ?

 

[Mark R]

Radiologist (resident) MD

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Mark R
Radiologist (resident) MD

nice!

How well did you do on your USMLE to land a radio residencY?

 

[vi edit]

Not clinically trained, but I work with the cardiology and medical records departments on a daily basis.

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
nice!

How well did you do on your USMLE to land a radio residencY?

I haven't trained/worked in the US, so I haven't got the USMLE.

This may, of course, change if I see a fantastic fellowship opportunity that I just must apply for.

 

[Cuda1447]

I want to go to med school, but Im a bit nervous about getting in. My GPA isn't anything special. For those of you who made it in, how hard was it?

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
I want to go to med school, but Im a bit nervous about getting in. My GPA isn't anything special. For those of you who made it in, how hard was it?

for many schools, undergrad GPA is important.

if your undergrad GPA is poor (like mine), you can compensate with a killer MCAT score.

I had a 3.2 undergrad GPA (and even crappier GPA for sciences; I went to Cooper Union, where they don't inflate grades), so I had to study my ass off for the MCAT, which I did well on (12V 12P 11B).

That being said, it still took me a couple of application cycles to get accepted.

It's really a crap shoot, no matter how you spin it.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
I want to go to med school, but Im a bit nervous about getting in. My GPA isn't anything special. For those of you who made it in, how hard was it?

med school's cake... it's getting in that's the hard part.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
I want to go to med school, but Im a bit nervous about getting in. My GPA isn't anything special. For those of you who made it in, how hard was it?

med school's cake... it's getting in that's the hard part.

maybe chirpractor school, but ive never heard of anyone saying med school is cake.