Summary: Episode 8: Interview with Tyler Relph, a former PreMed, covering the meat and potaoes of medical career decisions that all of us face. The interesting twist is that he chose to go to Chiropractic school. Explore your options and listen now! ==================================================== ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm almost finished with my complete, A-Z, PreMedical video tutorial course! If you're not already one of the hundreds in the exclusive email list receiving chapters of my FREE PreMed eBook, sign up in the upper right of medicalmastery.com now. Very soon, only people who have signed up will get the details on this video course! ==================================================== This episode is the first in an interview series that was suggested by you - our listeners! Use the Grill The Guru survey on medicalmastery.com to submit your questions for future medical students and doctors I will interview. Now, we'll get right to the interview with Tyler Relph - a former PreMed tells us why he changed his mind. To hear the rest of this interview, join the CD Club online today! Here is what he wrote and what we used as the outline for the interview. That is, until he turned the table at the end... “I grew up playing soccer competitively, so the sports emphasis has always drawn me. When I was considering medical school, I was planning on going into orthopedic surgery followed up with a sports medicine fellowship. I wasn't too concerned with the schooling I would go through, however the thing that made me call of my medical degree pursuit was the lengthy residency in conjunction with the 80 hour work week. 1. FAMILY - I'm married and have three children (3, 2, and a NB) If I were to go through medical school, I wouldn't be an MD for 6-7 years (one year to finish up my bachelors, one year to finish up my prerequisites/ apply for med school, and four years of medical school). At that point my children will be 9, 8 and 6...then I start into my 80 hour work week as I venture into 3-7 years of residency (surgical specialty of some sort). Therefore, I wouldn't be starting my practice until my oldest is 16. Through this possibly 13 year schooling journey, I believe I would miss out on my children's lives too much to the point that it would affect them in a negative manner. I also have to consider time to continue to build into my marriage - to achieve my educational goals at the cost of my family is no success at all! 2. PAST EXPERIENCE - I have benefited from chiropractors immensely as I previously twisted my sacrum bad enough that I could barely walk. After seeing a chiropractor for about a year, I was able to join the military (i.e. all of the physical demands put on the body through physical fitness) and have no problems with my sacrum. 3. LIFESTYLE - Once again...it all boils down to family. I want to be able to be at home every night to ask the kids how their days were without the interruption of having to be called in. I can set my own hours - providing a two hour lunch break to be able to eat lunch with my wife and continue to build up that relationship. The money has very promising rewards - you work hard, the money will follow. Being my own boss and, if in a team practice, making the decisions with my fellow practicing chiropractors is "complete" freedom. 4. DURATION - The number of years of training - this brings me back to point one. By the time I am done with chiropractic school (with no residency of 80 hours a week), I will be thirty, at which point my oldest will be 8. This allows me to be entering into my practice when the children are still young, being able to nurture those relationships as the teen years begin to approach. I will be attending Palmer West where a sports emphasis is available, in which students get to practice on professional athletes (currently the sports council is attending the Ironman competitions in Kona, HI providing chiropractic assistance to the competi
