well i for one am doing med science.
yes some people do it to gain access to grad med. but a med scientist is a fairly high demands profesion, you ususally work in a pathology lab actually doing the analyzing of a sample that the doctor has sent, you work blood types for transfusions and there alot of work in the pharmacuticals industry working with new drugs, its more linked to 'medicine' in the same way a nurse is.
forgive the typo's im actually in the middle of my farewell party (they have gone on a beer run haha0
hope that helps