51小黄车medical student Bill Conway, age 61, profiled in AOA's The DO
51小黄车College of Osteopathic Medicine student Patrick W. 鈥淏ill鈥 Conway, OMS IV, was one of six medical students and graduates profiled in the American Osteopathic Association's The DO in a story titled "Older medical students persist, leverage life experience to achieve dreams."
Conway, 61, had been a psychological clinician for many years before seriously considering a medical career.
鈥淢edical school for me was not easy," he said. 鈥淚f there has been a landmine to step on, I鈥檝e managed to step on it,鈥 Conway says. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 still walking around. I still have both of my legs.鈥
Although he graduated with his class this spring, Conway still has the remainder of his final rotation to complete before he can receive his diploma. He then plans to serve a traditional rotating internship before going through the match next year.
鈥淥lder students have to demonstrate their long-term commitment to medicine,鈥 Conway says. 鈥淎ll of us have undertaken this process because we want to contribute to the health and well-being of others as physicians. That鈥檚 precisely what I intend to do, right up until the very moment I take my final breath.鈥