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That was just a hypothetical question that I was asking for those of you who were already out of the service. I, myself, have no intention really of doing such process, besides the fact that I am no where near a stage of even considering such path. I had just read the post about retired medical sargeants that couldn't translate what they learned in SF to the real world. However, I asked simply because I read that someone had done it in the past(not on this forum), and not seeing this career path posted up with the skillsets, simply posed the question of an option to follow such said path if it was at all possible/plausible. I see from the posts that it probably is not really feasible.
Eagle, that is some good advice, and like I said, it was just a question that no one really had asked up here that I saw at least. The Masters you got, was it through the PA program that I read about? I read that they do take a small percentage of 18D's into that program. Do you think the PA program is worth it for the civilian world?
By the way, I can't find the link now about the medical school acceptances, but I got it through a website that talked about what jobs translated from the army to civilian. They didn't post numbers, so I guess their site was a little subjective, and perhaps a little misleading. That was the misinformation I was going off of.
Anyway, like I said, this post wasn't intended for those using the program as a springboard to becoming a MD, it was just an idea to follow up with the skills learned as an 18D after finishing up. I guess what I said really isn't possible, based on time committments required to finish. Its unfortunate that schools won't advance you if you already have the knowledge.
Please do not take the initial post I made as someone who has their head up their ass with dreams of grandeur of becoming a MD. I just was curious if you guys had done this. My current focus is the 5m target, not even the 25m, and that is to concentrate what time I have left before I ship on PT, more PT, with some more PT, and when not doing PT, soaking up the knowledge here and sleeping, and the occasional eating. Anyway, I really do appreciate the responses. Hopefully, it helping answer some questions that people may have had about what to do when they are out of the service.
Thank you.
SeanM
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