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"Never say never", but it would take a real unicorn to pull it off and I am not aware of anyone that has done it of-late. If you have no prior research before NCC fellowship then as a MD post-doc after NCC fellowship you would be a post-doc in-name only and you would be functioning as an advanced undergraduate researcher. Even a first year PhD student would have more research experience. As such, you would not be as independent as a true post-PhD post-doc. You could certainly do a 3-6 year post-doc in this setting. A really extended T32 would probably be the only way to do this and avoid critical care skill atrophy.
Being an independent NIH funded basic science or translational science researcher with only a MD and no research experience prior to doing a post-doc after NCC fellowship would probably make you the only person ever to do this. Alternatively, to be competitive for clinical research funding you would need to really learn statistics, probability theory, the fundamentals of randomization and research, etc. This can be done by doing a Masters in Biostats or Clinical Research while doing a T32.
If you are an intern now I would not wait. Start getting involved in real research now in any capacity you can. Not case reports and reviews but real research projects.
Being an independent NIH funded basic science or translational science researcher with only a MD and no research experience prior to doing a post-doc after NCC fellowship would probably make you the only person ever to do this. Alternatively, to be competitive for clinical research funding you would need to really learn statistics, probability theory, the fundamentals of randomization and research, etc. This can be done by doing a Masters in Biostats or Clinical Research while doing a T32.
If you are an intern now I would not wait. Start getting involved in real research now in any capacity you can. Not case reports and reviews but real research projects.