If yes,would i need to start from d first year in medical school since medical&dental students do basically d same pre-clinical subjects.
2006-06-26 09:33:06 · 17 answers · asked by Leonard 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It is possible. Every school has some required undergraduate courses and these may be different depending on the institution. In other words, you may have the undergraduate requirements met for school A but not school B. The challange for you will be the MCAT, the subject content of wich, will be very remote. But remember, in the end there will be a school (somewhere) that will accept you. Do well on this exam and put together a good story and you will succeed. If your heart is set go for it.
2006-06-27 19:58:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. In fact I studied Medicine after graduating from dental school. Then I became an astronaut. Sure impresses the other guys here in the Space Station!
2006-07-08 06:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Doom and Gloom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot answer for all schools, but I was on the faculty of both a medical and a dental school, and the anatomy courses and biochemistry and pathology courses were not comparable. Nor was pharmacology. Some couses might be accepted by some medical schools. I knew two men with degrees in veterinary medicine who had to start as freshman in medical school.
2006-07-02 01:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by ringocox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have a friend who was a dentist and is now a doctor. Medical school is different from dental school, so you'd have to start from the beginning.
Why not be an orthodontist and rake in the big $? My dentist and I laugh about how we both wish we'd gone that route!
2006-06-26 13:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can do a second degree in almost any subject, providing they let you in and you can afford it.
My first degree was Zoology, then I studied Veterinary Medicine and it was no problem. I just had to find the money as I wasn't automatically funded by the government for my 2nd degree. I can imagine this might be your biggest hurdle.
As for entering in the 2nd year, that will depend on the university. You'll have to ask each one individually.
2006-06-27 10:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by midge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, hundreds of dentists actually go on to do it so that they can become a maxillofacial surgion. It pays like a dream!
There's a short course in medicine that can merge the first and second years and get you that degree in four years.
2006-06-28 04:07:59 · answer #6 · answered by Xenophonix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can normally do a shorter course aimed at graduates. A colleague of mine recently started a 3 year course at University of Warwick university after completling a degree in a relevant subject.
2006-06-26 21:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by GT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a medical school where you are going to dental school, ask in the Dean's office. Chances are you can skip the first year and maybe part of the second.
2006-07-08 16:54:02 · answer #8 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can go back to school for anything even if you have a degree, but you will have to start all over at the bottom [only some classes will transfer] Good Luck!
2006-06-26 09:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and I suspect that you would have some of the classes from dental school accepted as already done for med school.
2006-06-26 10:11:26 · answer #10 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋