>> I think obviously the easier choice is getting some science related
because they require some of the prerequisites that you need to get into Medical School.
However, I've met plenty of doctors and other people that were traditional students,
and got degrees in philosophy, psychology, other things before and then maybe added
on a little extra courses before they went on to medicine.
Another important thing is get a mentor.
It's someone that can maybe bring you into the experience, because a lot of us
when we probably started our prior jobs or thought out what we wanted
to do we kinda got a little taste of it or got there and we're like,
this is not what I imagined it to be.
So I think that's also very important is
to get whatever work life experience you can before you say oh, this is what I want to do.
You know, I would much rather see somebody that has maybe one or two activities
that they've stuck with, that they can give me their story and then why they did it
and why they liked it so much to it that long, rather than someone has done, you know,
a ton of things all over the place, little bits time.
I, you know, I mean better than nothing, but that's the kind of I guess drive
or kind of experience I think I'd like to see.
A ophthalmologist has to go through medical school,
and that involves getting a bachelor's degree and then four years of medical school.
Then subsequently four more years of training specifically in ophthalmology.
And the best way to say it is we are actually eye surgeons.
Where an optometrist can finish their undergraduate and then they go
through four years of optometry school,
and their scope of practice involves basic pathologies of the eyes and prescribing glasses
and whatnot, but they don't operate on the eye or take care
of any other systemic issues related with the eye.