Academic VS Research VS Clinical

[DMO]

I think those are the 3 branches of medicine. Anyways, what branch are you going into? and why?

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[celticmists18]

CLINICAL!!!

1 year in research has been enough . . . I can't stand it anymore! I could be down with working in a teaching hospital and spending some time teaching the med students and residents that come through my department. No way I am teaching classes though!

 

[BassDominator]

Clinical. I prefer to work more closely with patients. It keeps me in a positive mood.

 

[elias514]

Private practice--very high earning potential, no significant research obligations, get to focus almost entirely on the outcomes of my patients

Why not research or academic?
research--SUCKS (if I wanted to become a researcher I would have pursued just a PhD)
academic--don't want to worry about my underlings (med students, interns, and residents) screwing something up, because I'm the one that would get sued; pay isn't that great relative to private practice; "publish or perish" sucks ass

 

[SaltySqueegee]

I want it all!!! 😀

Best of all worlds. Clinical Research at an Academic University Hospital. 😉 Cheesy, I know. 😛

 

[tbo]

Why not do them all? Academic clinical research 🙂

I'm hoping this summer I can do exactly that--right now I work at a pharmaceutical company doing clinical research. Shoot for the stars, folks.

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Why not do them all? Academic clinical research 🙂

I'm hoping this summer I can do exactly that--right now I work at a pharmaceutical company doing clinical research. Shoot for the stars, folks.

exactly! 😎

 

[Seaglass]

Yeah, in practice it doesn't break down that cleanly. There are many doctors in community (non-academic) hospitals that are doing research, and many faculty at academic institutions are doing a lot of clinical work along with their research. You can do all of it if you want to.

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