Best route to becoming a physician scientist?

[kled2000]

Greetings,
I’m a medicine ungrad in Jordan. Still at my first year.
Since i was a high school senior i came across a video of a physician scientist on YouTube explaining what he does and the massive variety of the things he does on a daily basis and ever since I knew right away that this is my dream career!
Unfortunately though there are no md/phd programs in Jordan and the university I’m in offers very minimal if not no research opportunities at all for undergrads. So most likely I will graduate with an unattractive research CV .
What is the best path to becoming a physician scientist in my situation? I don’t want to necessarily live or pursue graduate education in the USA and i get that this is a mostly US based website.
I have read that if i do a phd that will affect my clinical efficiency and all research track residencies require research experience.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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[Fencer]

You can try to attend an European based (or Australian) university seeking to do a 3-4 year PhD after your MD completion. During that time, you could be doing some bench or translational research. Then, pursue a residency... However, you also need to understand the job qualifications needed for the position that you want to practice. In the journals where I am member of the editorial board, I see very few manuscripts submitted/published from the Middle East. The reality is that if you want to get back to Jordan, the opportunities to practice as a clinician-scientist are likely limited. There are might be better opportunities to practice some level of research and medicine at a medical school in one of the wealthy countries of the Arabian peninsula.

 

[kled2000]

You can try to attend an European based (or Australian) university seeking to do a 3-4 year PhD after your MD completion. During that time, you could be doing some bench or translational research. Then, pursue a residency... However, you also need to understand the job qualifications needed for the position that you want to practice. In the journals where I am member of the editorial board, I see very few manuscripts submitted/published from the Middle East. The reality is that if you want to get back to Jordan, the opportunities to practice as a clinician-scientist are likely limited. There are might be better opportunities to practice some level of research and medicine at a medical school in one of the wealthy countries of the Arabian peninsula.

You can try to attend an European based (or Australian) university seeking to do a 3-4 year PhD after your MD completion. During that time, you could be doing some bench or translational research. Then, pursue a residency... However, you also need to understand the job qualifications needed for the position that you want to practice. In the journals where I am member of the editorial board, I see very few manuscripts submitted/published from the Middle East. The reality is that if you want to get back to Jordan, the opportunities to practice as a clinician-scientist are likely limited. There are might be better opportunities to practice some level of research and medicine at a medical school in one of the wealthy countries of the Arabian peninsula.

Yes I know that physician scientist careers don’t exist outside of academia in the Middle East. Ideally I would like to pursue a career abroad.
Is it common for phd students (with a MD) to do some clinical practice to keep their skills sharp? And if not does that affect residency application ?

 

[Fencer]

Most clinical rotations in US/Europe/Australia are heavily regulated preventing people like you from doing clinical practice while earning a PhD. Informal shadowing agreements (without hands-on) might help overcome the perception of rust...