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Hello,
I came back to medschool after a doctorate in engineering to pursue a passion working with and rehabilitating severely disabled patients (congenital and/or post trauma) and to do research in the same area. I am torn between PM&R and Neurology at this time. I still want a career withs an 80:20:: research:clinical model in an academic setting. My engineering background seems to lend itself very well to both these fields.
My Step 1 score is in the 220s, and I am lucky enough to be published in the field.
Going through Clerkships (and other types of exposure at my school here), I have noticed that I really love working with patients of all background (especially kids). I have gotten along well with residents and attending physicians in pretty much every area so far and can see myself being happy in all of their shoes.
While I have met a couple of Neurology physician scientists and received input from them, I am yet to meet a PM&R physician scientist. It seems like both these fields will see significant advances over my career because of research money pouring into them.
Would any PM&R Physician/resident scientists here share their experience about their career and also give me pointers on what to look for over these next two crucial years to make my decision? I am especially interested in flexibility of geographical location after residency, trends in institutional support for a PM&R physician scientist and source of research funding diversity you have been able to tap into (such as NIH , VA, DoD, Industry etc) I thank you for your time in advance!
I came back to medschool after a doctorate in engineering to pursue a passion working with and rehabilitating severely disabled patients (congenital and/or post trauma) and to do research in the same area. I am torn between PM&R and Neurology at this time. I still want a career withs an 80:20:: research:clinical model in an academic setting. My engineering background seems to lend itself very well to both these fields.
My Step 1 score is in the 220s, and I am lucky enough to be published in the field.
Going through Clerkships (and other types of exposure at my school here), I have noticed that I really love working with patients of all background (especially kids). I have gotten along well with residents and attending physicians in pretty much every area so far and can see myself being happy in all of their shoes.
While I have met a couple of Neurology physician scientists and received input from them, I am yet to meet a PM&R physician scientist. It seems like both these fields will see significant advances over my career because of research money pouring into them.
Would any PM&R Physician/resident scientists here share their experience about their career and also give me pointers on what to look for over these next two crucial years to make my decision? I am especially interested in flexibility of geographical location after residency, trends in institutional support for a PM&R physician scientist and source of research funding diversity you have been able to tap into (such as NIH , VA, DoD, Industry etc) I thank you for your time in advance!