Linkage Programs and MD/MBA

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tedibrr

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So I am interested in doing a linkage program, specifically at Bryn Mawr. For anyone that has successfully done a linkage to a medical school, or knows a lot about the process, do you know if you are able to pursue a double major (MD/MBA) if you do a linkage from a post-bacc to a medical school?
 
Linkage means an arrangement with a specific med school, so it would depend on whether that med school offers dual degrees. The bigger question is whether it even makes sense. MBA is not a degree meant to prepare you for an initial job in business, but rather to enhance existing skills. Meaning what you bring to the table matters. That's why the better MBA programs won't even look at you until you have a few years of related work experience and why most MBA degrees these days are actually paid for by employers. You usually do this degree to help get promoted at an existing job, not to start looking for a more business oriented job. It's the ideal degree to use to move from a lower management type position to middle or upper management. Not so good if you want business skills to go along with your MD. I'd say a masters of public health or a science oriented PhD would be much more useful dual degrees if you wanted to be a physician, but only if you had a career need that you might use those. An MBA is something you pick up later, after residency and once you've been working, IF you have a need. Most won't. If your goal is basic business knowledge read a book, take an undergrad course and surround yourself with business lawyers or accountants as needed -- it much higher yield. If your bowl is hospital administration the MD might be overkill -- I'm seeing midlevels with business experience and eventually a JD or MBA get these jobs in a fraction of the time a residency trained dual degree doctor ever could. More (degrees) isn't always better. Just saying.
 
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