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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering if I could slip my doctor question in here.

My daughter is premed in college.  Some of the residency posts here are discouraging.

Her dream is to become a medical examiner.  We've heard that in applying to med school this is not an interest that should be expressed as many doctors look askance at this specialty.  She can make it through that with her volunteer work/shadowing in other areas.

When it comes it comes to residency, though, how competitive is this specialty?  She has looked into pathologist assistant training as a fallback, but it would seem in this field if you want to be a medical examiner, the PA role would not be nearly as satisfying unlike in, say, family medicine.[/quote]

Pathology is generally not very competitive. She should not have to much trouble if she can get into and then through med school. ME is also not so competitive after path, but you are at the mercy of government funding and a lot of jurisdictions do not want to spend for this. As for trouble with expressing this as an interest, I don't think that is much of a problem. In my experience, most MDs respect pathologists quite a bit. [/quote]

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