Comment by Fantosism

Oh interesting. I was looking at bio-informatics briefly but never even considered medical physics. It's crazy just how big healthcare is and how ignorant I was to it prior to making the transition. Would agree that shadowing has a huge impact on determining what you want to do in the future. My cousin went the PA route over med school and honestly I think it's the best from an ROI and free-time perspective. In her early 30's now and every other weekend she's in a different country.

Understand completely. I'm a little older than you but the high chance of giving up a family was the first thing on the negative column when I was deciding paths.