What to specialize if I took Pharmacy and Physical theraphy as my Pre-med?

Hi :slight_smile:

I really wanted to ask this question because I don’t have any friends nor someone I knew who can answer this.

I’m quite curious about being a doctor even these days. That’s why I’m here after looking answers from the net.

So yeah… ahm what specialization would be good if someone took Physical Theraphy or Pharmacy as their Pre med ?

I mean ahm… I finished physical theraphy pr pharamacy… then I decided to go t a medical school… then after that what would be a good field to specialize?

I began to think that if took Pharmacy as a pre med then maybe…i can specialize in Anesthesiology ? though im not very sure about it.

I do not have any idea about PT as a pre med… i hope you have somehow.

Thank you very much :smiley:
I’m Looking forward for the answers.

Neither PT nor pharmacy are undergraduate curriculums. Both PT and pharmacy have their own undergrad requirements, just like premed does.

PT is graduate school after college. Most programs are now a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Pharmacists get a PharmD which I believe is a five year program including bachelors.

Going to PT school and then med school would be a prohibitively long route. Pharmacy might be a bit shorter but it still doesn’t make sense.

Now, as an undergraduate you could work towards the requirements to apply to both med school and PT to maximize options. There is some overlap in undergraduate requirements and both require high GPAs.

Very unlikely, but anything is possible.

For PT schools, you take GRE after 4 years of college, most PT school applicants have a lower GPA than med school applicants, so, if you want to switch after you got your PT license, you have to not only go back to postbacc to fix the GPA for med school as a non-traditional, but also prepare for Mcat. That is going to be about two years of schooling without any income, on top of the 4 years med school cost. Most people will not be crazy enough to follow that route.

For PharmD, the doctor of pharmacy requires at least two years of undergraduate study (at least 72 credit hours), followed by four years of study in the professional program. Again, after the training, it is real hard to give up all the income and go back to spend anywhere from 8 to 10 years to become a physician. The lifestyle of a pharmacist is much different from a physician, most people choose pharmacist don’t want to live as a physician.

However, you can start with premed but use PharmD and PT as a backup, or plan B.

thank you very much for your answers. :slight_smile: