How do you become a teacher/instructor at a medical school?

[LACMA]

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Hello!

Just wondering how I would become a teacher at a medical school. Also, what does it mean to "pursue academic medicine?" Is that like being an attending physician? Doing research? Teaching at a medical school? Thanks in advance for your answers!

 

[Catalystik]

Here is a semi-recent thread that will answer all your questions: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/academic-medicine.1059586/#post-15004844

 

[LACMA]

Here is a semi-recent thread that will answer all your questions: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/academic-medicine.1059586/#post-15004844

Thanks so much! 😀

 

[Goro]

For faculty teaching the basic sciences, one gets a PhD, does a post-doctoral fellowship and either by picking up some teaching experience as a TA or a post-doc, OR scores a grant and has decent publications, then applies for and auditions at a medical school.

For clinical faculty, they can sometimes go right from residency to a Faculty position. Or, they may do a fellowship, which like a post-doc position, and may or may not include clinical responsibilities.

"Academic Medicine" can run the gamut to a clinician doing nothing but teaching, to teaching + seeing patients, to the latter + doing research, or the former + doing research. I've known doctors who have done all four variations.

Hello!

Just wondering how I would become a teacher at a medical school. Also, what does it mean to "pursue academic medicine?" Is that like being an attending physician? Doing research? Teaching at a medical school? Thanks in advance for your answers!

 

[LACMA]

For faculty teaching the basic sciences, one gets a PhD, does a post-doctoral fellowship and either by picking up some teaching experience as a TA or a post-doc, OR scores a grant and has decent publications, then applies for and auditions at a medical school.

For clinical faculty, they can sometimes go right from residency to a Faculty position. Or, they may do a fellowship, which like a post-doc position, and may or may not include clinical responsibilities.

"Academic Medicine" can run the gamut to a clinician doing nothing but teaching, to teaching + seeing patients, to the latter + doing research, or the former + doing research. I've known doctors who have done all four variations.

Thank you! 🙂

 

[hoihaie]

Can you only teach basic science stuff with a PhD?? or MD cna too?

For faculty teaching the basic sciences, one gets a PhD, does a post-doctoral fellowship and either by picking up some teaching experience as a TA or a post-doc, OR scores a grant and has decent publications, then applies for and auditions at a medical school.

For clinical faculty, they can sometimes go right from residency to a Faculty position. Or, they may do a fellowship, which like a post-doc position, and may or may not include clinical responsibilities.

"Academic Medicine" can run the gamut to a clinician doing nothing but teaching, to teaching + seeing patients, to the latter + doing research, or the former + doing research. I've known doctors who have done all four variations.

 

[gyngyn]

Can you only teach basic science stuff with a PhD?? or MD cna too?

Either, though it's more often PhD's in the first two years.

 

[Goro]

I know of MD pathologists who teach Pathology in Basic Science at another school. We have an MD teach epidemiology here.

Can you only teach basic science stuff with a PhD?? or MD cna too?

 

[Ismet]

Can you only teach basic science stuff with a PhD?? or MD cna too?

We had lectures from MD, PhD, and MD/PhD. PhD's were the most common in 1st year (basic science) and more MD's in 2nd year (organ systems/phys/path).