MD/JD Programs

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I noticed Baylor offers an MD/JD program. Just curious, how common are these and what is the point of the program? What do you all think of them?

 

[Law2Doc]

I noticed Baylor offers an MD/JD program. Just curious, how common are these and what is the point of the program? What do you all think of them?

Quite a few schools have them now. "The point" is a good question. You can certainly use the dual degree for healthcare regulation/legislaion roles at government agencies, and in academics. You could use both degrees in medmal law, but you really could do that with just the JD. Beyond those, you are probably going to use one just degree or the other. I'm not sure I would do a joint degree.

 

[stat3113]

lol as they say in the cosby show, you could open up your own hospital and not worry about getting sued!

 

[airshad8]

I noticed Baylor offers an MD/JD program. Just curious, how common are these and what is the point of the program? What do you all think of them?

The point is to get two extra letters after your name...


I am not sure what the point is- don't you have to pay out of your own pocket for these programs? So med school tuition AND law school tuition racking up before landing an actual job....iono...

 

[SamaraMorgan]

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[mdvargas]

Long ago I read about someone who had the MD/JD thing going on and he worked at the hospital part-time and at a law office the other half because he loved doing both. However, he said he didn't earn more than if he just had the MD degree.

 

[Husky85]

The point is to get two extra letters after your name...


I am not sure what the point is- don't you have to pay out of your own pocket for these programs? So med school tuition AND law school tuition racking up before landing an actual job....iono...

I agree that I wouldn't want to do both, but the tuition doesn't come out to the total of med school plus law school to my understanding. I think it's just 6 years in school of med school tuition plus a few thousand extra a year.

(Could be wrong though, if somebody is interested they should check it out)

 

[baylormed]

You can be your own attorney in cases of malpractice.

 

[owenmichael]

I noticed Baylor offers an MD/JD program. Just curious, how common are these and what is the point of the program? What do you all think of them?

Mayo has one in affiliation with U of Arizona. You complete in two years and receive a full ride and stipend. No LSAT either. If you know you want to go into health policy, work on the governmental level etc.... jd/md is an amazingly powerful combo

 

[drbribri]

Slight correction to earlier post...Mayo Med School offers a 6-yr combined MD/JD program with Arizona State University...I have talked to the two current med students that are there right now, and both LOVE it!!! Whether they love the break from the tundra that is Rochester or the Law Program @ ASU, I remain unsure, but if i were to venture a guess I would say that it would be a combination of both 🙂

 

[melissainsd]

The distinction between U of A and ASU is very important...especially to my fellow wildcats. 😉

 

[sle3pyguii]

The distinction between U of A and ASU is very important...especially to my fellow wildcats. 😉

Hell yeah! My friends always think i go to ASU instead of U of A.


Anyways, JD/MD seems too much of an overkill to me. I don't see the benefits of trying to do both. Patent Law...maybe...

 

[dannylee718]

you have to crazy and awesome at the same time.

 

[melissainsd]

I don't know. If I got onto Mayo (biggest IF ever), it would be really hard to avoid the MD/JD program. A free JD in two years with no LSAT!?! I would even be willing to cross over to the dark side (ASU).

 

[NCF145]

I noticed Baylor offers an MD/JD program. Just curious, how common are these and what is the point of the program? What do you all think of them?

From what I understand you begin your law training after your 2nd year. I don't know about you, but I sure couldn't take 2 or more years off after my pre-clinical years before starting my rotations. I would forget almost everything and feel completely stupid during my rotations. But that is just me. Maybe I am dumber than the average MD/JD candidate.

 

[DrVanNostran]

From what I understand you begin your law training after your 2nd year. I don't know about you, but I sure couldn't take 2 or more years off after my pre-clinical years before starting my rotations. I would forget almost everything and feel completely stupid during my rotations. But that is just me. Maybe I am dumber than the average MD/JD candidate.

A lot of program are trying to avoid long gap years between the basic sciences and clinical years, so they are starting the first 2 years with the Law portion or integrating it somehow. I am looking into the SIU MD/JD program, seems really interesting. I loved my Public Health work and I have a feeling I would like to work in policy.

Anyone else considering?

 

[kdburton]

The point is to get two extra letters after your name...


I am not sure what the point is- don't you have to pay out of your own pocket for these programs? So med school tuition AND law school tuition racking up before landing an actual job....iono...

I'm not 100% positive, but I heard that if you go to Mayo Medical School that you can pursue a JD for free at their affiliate school in AZ. You'd rack up interest on any debt you incur during school, but you only have to pay for the M.D. which is considerably cheaper at Mayo than almost any other school. The only hard part is that you gotta get into Mayo 🙂