Having known and mentored a number of people starting their accounting articling at later ages (late 30's/40s), it is a hell of a lot tougher. I can only imagine the impacts are even bigger for medical school. Not just from an hour perspective (48 shifts), but also from a social and learning side of things. Memory isn't quite the same and you'll be grouped with a bunch of young kids who generally hang out together and forms a lot of the support system that gets them through residency, etc.
Not that it is impossible, there are plenty of people who have done it successfully, just beware it will be tougher than you might think.
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