Posted by: Drkanchho April 13, 2011
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i'm finding sajha quite helpful! one more help needed:
any MD/PhDs out there?
i'm thinking about doing MD/PhD and would like to know people's experiences.
i'm a senior in Molecular Biology with Microbiology as minor. I will be done with school by April 2012 but I'm thinking about spending one more year to do some more research, MCAT prep, and to take a few classes to complete medschool requirements. i like doing resarch quite a lot and I'm working in cancer research lab. I will continue to do research but I also want to take care of patients which will allow me to understand the disease better and hence make me a better researcher.
but the problems are :
1. hard to get into the program (supercompetitive)
2. takes long time (7-8 years to finish the program and additional years for residency and/or post doc)
i can pretty much take care of the first problem. but i'm concerned about the second one, that's a long time in school. on the contrary, if I do just PhD, i'll be done in 5 years or so. but PhD is not what I want to do exactly. I'm in dilemma.
If there are any current MD/PhD students or people who already have their MD/PhD, please share your experiences and suggest me if MD/PhD is worth the time.
any MD/PhDs out there?
i'm thinking about doing MD/PhD and would like to know people's experiences.
i'm a senior in Molecular Biology with Microbiology as minor. I will be done with school by April 2012 but I'm thinking about spending one more year to do some more research, MCAT prep, and to take a few classes to complete medschool requirements. i like doing resarch quite a lot and I'm working in cancer research lab. I will continue to do research but I also want to take care of patients which will allow me to understand the disease better and hence make me a better researcher.
but the problems are :
1. hard to get into the program (supercompetitive)
2. takes long time (7-8 years to finish the program and additional years for residency and/or post doc)
i can pretty much take care of the first problem. but i'm concerned about the second one, that's a long time in school. on the contrary, if I do just PhD, i'll be done in 5 years or so. but PhD is not what I want to do exactly. I'm in dilemma.
If there are any current MD/PhD students or people who already have their MD/PhD, please share your experiences and suggest me if MD/PhD is worth the time.