does Master's degree help you in residency

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Is there an edge in residency when you have a master's degree?

 

[Tenesma]

the only masters degree i can think of that would be helpful, would be pharmacy.... otherwise, it is utterly useless...

 

[seattledoc]

So what is it that you have mastered?🙂

 

[The Pill Counter]

Tenesma, why would a Masters in Pharmacy be helpful over other disciplines, and to that extent, why wouldn't a Bachelors of Pharmacy?

 

[jon_jon]

I think the Master's degree may be specialty dependent.

For example, for a specialized field such as Rad Onc, I can imagine a Master's degree in physics, related to Rad Onc would be helpful.

I can imagine perhaps a Masters in Physical Therapy be helpful for Physical Medicine & Rehab. I don't know if a Masters in audiology or speech therapy would help for ENT since ENT is so competitive.

If you are planning to follow a research path and applying to very academic, research-oriented programs, I am sure a Master's or a Ph.D. in a related field can be helpful.

 

[Tenesma]

the question (as it was posed) revolved around whether a masters degree would make residency easier....

while i agree that in some specialties a masters (or any graduate degree) provides some deeper insight from a different point of view, i still hold that if you had to choose one masters that would assist you in most medical/surgical residencies it would be pharmacy.... since most of what we do (when it does not involve imaging/surgically/invasively treating somebody) revolves around the prescription of medication...

 

[AVD]

I would master your own domain, because that is all you will have time for!