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[i_like_apple_sauce]

This doesn't really answer your question about how an MBA would be perceived by adcoms but I would question the utility of an MBA for someone with minimal professional background (student) and no opportunity to take advantage of recruitment pipelines for summer/post-MBA jobs (presumably going to med school). This is just coming from an applicant who's considering an MD/MBA so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Goro]

This doesn't really answer your question about how an MBA would be perceived by adcoms but I would question the utility of an MBA for someone with minimal professional background (student) and no opportunity to take advantage of recruitment pipelines for summer/post-MBA jobs (presumably going to med school). This is just coming from an applicant who's considering an MD/MBA so take it with a grain of salt.

I agree.

OP, you're already a stellar applicant, so just do what you love and love what you do.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

And you want to do healthcare consulting because...? Why not just take a few years working at a PWC or Deloitte before going to medical school, then return? That path is much more lucrative than running your own practice and probably has more applicability (my opinion).

 

[LunaOri]

Do it if you like it and it fits with your career goals. Adcoms are unlikely to care one way or the other.

 

[LizzyM]

You are unlikely to use the skills acquired in the MBA until you are finished with med school and residency. At that point, the business environment will have changed. Your contacts will be stale.

Unless this is offered at no cost to you, I do not think that this is a good use of your resources. Wait until you are practicing and then look into an executive MBA that will leverage your work experience and be more timely with relationship to your involvement with business/management.

 

[HuskyMD Emeritus]

Become a doctor, get a few years of practice to gain experience (the longer in practice, the better) so you know what the needs of doctors are in the care of patients and what their work life is like. As you are practicing, to back to school for a masters in healthcare administration. Then you will be well qualified to be a medical executive. I can tell you from experience that doctors are not likely to listen to you or respect you as an administrator if you don't know what its like to be one of them.
If you look at some of the large medical groups (think huge multispecialty groups like the Permanente Medical Groups), the administrations are all led by doctors who were in practice for years.

 

[SahilMehtaMD]

I always tell people to only go for a combined degree if they have a good reason for doing so. I don't think it will harm your application, but be prepared to explain why you chose to pursue an MBA.