MD/PHD 做研究的问题是很多人都qualify grants也有不少拿到career development award,但是现在美国这个funding 环境,你要不是established的老的MD,要不然基本 没法和PhD的PI竞争R grants, 不过对MD没关系,因为不成或者退回去做纯clinic,或 者去NIH之类的government institute做不用竞争经费的做研究,anyway, MD/PHD is way better.
why so many ppl think md/phd is a backup plan to md? It's much more competitive than md. MD can do research too, they just need to learn how to write grant, which is probably the biggest advantage of phd training compared to md. (of course lots of bosses don't care and don't teach grad students on it)
【在 K******S 的大作中提到】 : why so many ppl think md/phd is a backup plan to md? It's much more : competitive than md. : MD can do research too, they just need to learn how to write grant, which is : probably the biggest advantage of phd training compared to md. (of course : lots of bosses don't care and don't teach grad students on it)
until you actually try to apply for both. My boss in grad school had a funding to help minority students and we've put dozens of them into md or md /phd programs. md/phd programs are much much more competitive to get in. MD class can have a size of hundreds. Most schools only have dozens spots for md/phd and with tuition waived, you can imagine.
【在 K******S 的大作中提到】 : until you actually try to apply for both. My boss in grad school had a : funding to help minority students and we've put dozens of them into md or md : /phd programs. md/phd programs are much much more competitive to get in. MD : class can have a size of hundreds. Most schools only have dozens spots for : md/phd and with tuition waived, you can imagine.
One of MD/PhD students in my department has NCS as undergraduate (I think his MCAT is 39), and my school is not that good. I also interviewed few of them, one has almost perfect MCAT (43/45) and NCS publications. However, you don't need Ph.D. to do research. Carl June and Brian Druker only have MDs. As a MD, you don't have to worry about student debt that much. Just work in a public hospital and have the debt wiped on the 10th year.