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Hello everyone. I have been reading the forum for quite some time now and just now decided to make an account.

I have question to ask: I plan on using EMT as more base for my application to medical school but should I advance to intermediate? My college offers an intermediate program which I have registered for recently but I have been told that it could be much too time consuming for its reward in my situation. Would any of you with similar circumstances suggest this route?

If it is that medical school is too stringent for my background, I will probably change to nursing. What are the advantages for nursing?
 
Hello everyone. I have been reading the forum for quite some time now and just now decided to make an account.

I have question to ask: I plan on using EMT as more base for my application to medical school but should I advance to intermediate? My college offers an intermediate program which I have registered for recently but I have been told that it could be much too time consuming for its reward in my situation. Would any of you with similar circumstances suggest this route?

If it is that medical school is too stringent for my background, I will probably change to nursing. What are the advantages for nursing?

I'll answer the first question. I'm an intermediate who took the class knowing I planned on doing medical school.

Taking the EMT class itself isn't really worth much to the admissions committee. You need to show legitimate patient contact, which means working as an EMT in an EMS or IFT context.

For myself, I saw the EMT-I class as something to keep my mind working, continuing my medical education while I waited for med school. Mind you this was after I graduated from college, so I wasn't trading it for other classes that I might have needed for one reason or another. I think I would have been fine not taking the EMT-I class, but I don't regret taking it.

For the second question, nursing is completely different from medicine, so you can't look at it too much from an "advantages" standpoint. In medicine, you make most of the clinical decisions for the patient (and in cases like surgery, you directly enact them). In nursing, you are responsible for enacting treatments ordered by the doctors and generally taking care of the patients (this is the definition of nursing). It just depends on what you want to do.
 
Thanks for the info. I know I have to work as an EMT to actually benefit but I thought to do intermediate before beginning work. All depends i guess
 
Yeah I'm going for PA and just received my EMT-B certification. I'm trying to find an intermediate class, but there are like none in my county. Bottom line is I would think it would benefit because you already have the hands on skills such as IV therapy, and EKG skills. I don't see how it could hurt you if it won't set you off track.
 
Getting a medical education is never a bad idea, planning on med school or not. When it comes to clinicals you'll have a small edge on the non-EMT students, but that'll equalize pretty quickly.

If you have done all your med school pre-reqs and are waiting on your med school apps, take EMT-B and maybe EMT-I. If you're done with Intermediate and still want to get an education then take classes like A&P, biochem, genetics, etc.
 
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