re: Questions for OT medical doctors regarding education.

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What was your undergraduate degree in? Do you feel that a science background such as majoring in biology or chemistry is crucial to succeeding in med school

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Liberal arts degree. Made the first year of med school unnecessarily difficult. No question that those with science degrees had a much easier time.

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What's your opinion of the medical schools in the Caribbean? Would residency options be severely limited for an American attending one of those?

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MD>DO>Carribean schools. Caribbean grads are restricted to FP or peds residencies, and these are becoming more competitive as number of MD graduates have increased nationwide but the number of residency spots has stayed constant. They are also insanely expensive, as are the DO schools ($50-70K/yr). As they are outside of the US, they are not eligible for any subsidized or preferred rate loans, so the interest rates tend to be very high as well.