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I wanna know the reason why people join the md/jd program?
you wanna know the reason?
it's so they can join the medical community, learn their secrets, gain their trust, and back stab them by filing litigation against physicians with knowledge thanks to their duel degree.
i jest....
*Ahem... I think I might want to check in to this MD/JD you speak of . But yeah- good ole anonymousername aka Jack Bauer nailed it on the head, IMO.You jest but some of the wealthiest attorneys I know did exactly what you said. They know exactly how to find where the doctor messed up and before tort reform, a few I know were pulling in greater than $1 million per year.
Lets say I start my MD/JD program at age 22. What age would I be when I came out of it?
You probably come out faster than alot of medical student because you probably dont need to do a long residency.
if your doing a MD/JD you probably will have to still do a residency.. something like pathology which is useful and will put you in a very good place in a drug company.
This is a little off topic, but I cannot understand how 99% of all the things you post on this forum are dead wrong (or at least mostly wrong)
Although an MD, JD could do patent law for a biotech company, most patent lawyers are straight-up JD's, or have MS's or PhD's in addition to their JD's. For a biotech company, the value of an MD is as a consultant or someone who can oversee clinical trials
To the OP: do a search of the forum, and you'll see this topic has been discussed previously.
eh.. most things i post are wrong? well then ignore me by all means
or
better more correct me big brother
My brother-in-law is using an MD, JD, PhD to dispute an assault charge.
You can be a very high quality malpractice attorney without having gone to medical school.
I don't see any reason to pursue both degrees.
I wanna know the reason why people join the md/jd program?
You jest but some of the wealthiest attorneys I know did exactly what you said. They know exactly how to find where the doctor messed up and before tort reform, a few I know were pulling in greater than $1 million per year.
I wanna know the reason why people join the md/jd program?
MD/JD is what I am shooting for. I was very close to becoming an JD/RN before I decided to try for med school.
I am interested in staff protection. One of the reasons I want a dual degree is because I think to understand the role of an MD, you actually have to be one. For the life of me, I cannot understand how people with straight MBAs can run hospitals and what not. Its like an insurance company, or the president, telling doctors how to do their jobs. How do they know what to do when they've never even experienced it? It happens often, Im sure, but I personally think that things would be a lot more successful if the people running medicine held a dual degree, such as MD/MBA or MD/JD.
When I applied for one of my undergrad schools, I was interviewed by an alumnus with an MD/JD in his personal office at work. He's a consultant. Corner office, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the works. Guy probably makes six, maybe seven figures every year easy.
When he asked me wahat I wanted to do after college, I was tempted to tell him I wanted his job.