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That's the question I asked the director of UPenn's MD/PhD program. He told me that his clinical experience helps his research and vice versa, but I think it would be way more productive to just do 100/0 and do a research post-doc instead of a residency. It would definitely be a lot less money though.
If you are going to do 100% research there is very little reason to get an MD, IMHO.
Clinical duties, depending on specialty CAN be a source of inspiration or sample material (especially in pathology), but overall it is something that takes away from your research time... especially clinic.
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To OP, you are at least 15-20 years away from that decision. You should rather worry about more immediate concerns until than. 😀😀😀
To OP, you are at least 15-20 years away from that decision. You should rather worry about more immediate concerns until than. 😀😀😀
depends on your definition of "productive". you may not care about money yourself, but it's the money that makes research go around. what about salary for your postdoc/techs? maybe you can live in a homeless shelter...
will you get paid more as 80/20 or 100/0? 80/20, sometimes substantially more
will you be more flexible geographically? 80/20
will you be more likely to get hired? 80/20
will you be more likely to get a grant? 80/20
will you be more likely to get published (in any journal)? 80/20
will you be more likely to get tenured somewhere? 80/20
will you be less likely to lose your job? 80/20
on the other hand
will you be more like to get a basic science grant? 100/0
will you be more likely to get published in Cell, Nature, Science? 100/0
will you be more likely to get HHMI? 100/0
will you be more like to get the Nobel prize? 100/0 (don't know ANY with 80/20 who has a Nobel prize...although there are a few 0/100)
will you get paid more as 80/20 or 100/0? 80/20, sometimes substantially more
will you be more flexible geographically? 80/20
will you be more likely to get hired? 80/20
will you be more likely to get a grant? 80/20
will you be more likely to get published (in any journal)? 80/20
will you be more likely to get tenured somewhere? 80/20
will you be less likely to lose your job? 80/20
on the other hand
will you be more like to get a basic science grant? 100/0
will you be more likely to get published in Cell, Nature, Science? 100/0
will you be more likely to get HHMI? 100/0
will you be more like to get the Nobel prize? 100/0 (don't know ANY with 80/20 who has a Nobel prize...although there are a few 0/100)
depends on your definition of "productive". you may not care about money yourself, but it's the money that makes research go around. what about salary for your postdoc/techs? maybe you can live in a homeless shelter...
will you get paid more as 80/20 or 100/0? 80/20, sometimes substantially more
will you be more flexible geographically? 80/20
will you be more likely to get hired? 80/20
will you be more likely to get a grant? 80/20
will you be more likely to get published (in any journal)? 80/20
will you be more likely to get tenured somewhere? 80/20
will you be less likely to lose your job? 80/20
on the other hand
will you be more like to get a basic science grant? 100/0
will you be more likely to get published in Cell, Nature, Science? 100/0
will you be more likely to get HHMI? 100/0
will you be more like to get the Nobel prize? 100/0 (don't know ANY with 80/20 who has a Nobel prize...although there are a few 0/100)
LOL, they don't look at your degree when deciding the Nobel Laureates.
This falls under the "so where do you see yourself in 20 years" question, which you get pretty often. I've gone with the 80-20 split description on my interviews.
Haha. 😀
But, actually, I think that is about right. My MD/PhD mentor has a full-fledged research program and clinical duties. Seems to work for him.
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