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Howdy,

The examples given in the previous posts are all possible at Stanford...the
advertized flexibility is also the reality.  In my own case, I completed the
first year and the physiology sequence of the second year before starting the 
PhD.  During the second year I began full-time work in the lab.  I plan to 
complete my thesis before returning to med school classes (in part because 
this is a requirement of my HHMI fellowship)...this means I'll be taking path,
pharm, micro, etc.in the months before PCM (prep. for clin. med.) and USMLE I.
I feel that the main drawback of the path I am taking is that I am dreading 
the three quarters of essentially full-time course work that lies ahead.  On 
the other hand (and to get to the point of the original post), I hope that this
preparation will put me on equal footing with the 4 & 5 year types when
entering clinics.

Glad to see some folks want to put life into this group!

Be seein' ya,
David B. Wheeler SMS 3/8+
Neurosciences