Impact of PhD (no post-doc) on residency chances

[Endoxifen]

I’m planning on getting my PhD before my MD. I understand that the PhD won’t have a significant impact on my med school chances. How though, will it affect my chances at a competitive residency (probably internal medicine because I am going into oncology)?

Thank you!

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[gyngyn]

Your competitiveness for residency will be far more dependent on your medical school performance than anything prior to it.

 

[Anti-PD1]

PhD does boost your chances for specialities like radiation oncology and neurosurgery, but as above, marginally for other specialties, your Step 1, LORs, et being much more important.

 

[Microbug]

Why not just do MDPHD...?

 

[Endoxifen]

Why not just do MDPHD...?

I’m doing it (hopefully) through an MD/PhD program. They just let you do it backwards if you want.

 

[Endoxifen]

PhD does boost your chances for specialities like radiation oncology and neurosurgery, but as above, marginally for other specialties, your Step 1, LORs, et being much more important.

Is the ceiling just higher for those specialities and they need the research to differentiate applicants, or does it matter for all specialities, but only marginally if you do poorly?

 

[Microbug]

I’m doing it (hopefully) through an MD/PhD program. They just let you do it backwards if you want.

What do you mean “do it backward”? You get both of your degrees at the end of 7-8 years.

 

[Lucca]

What do you mean “do it backward”? You get both of your degrees at the end of 7-8 years.

OP refers to the NIH GPP OxCam MD/PhD program