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hey there SDN poster, I have some questions for you.
I will be starting MD/MBA (specialize in hospital management) this coming fall, and I'm extremely excited about this. I did a lot of research on what people do with MD/MBA, and one of the things I'm interested in is being a medical director. I look at medical director as the middle man between physicians and administrators. However, I also want to practice medicine (treating patients) and being a medical director at the same time, do you guys think it's possible? I don't know too much about the field, I think maybe medical directors do practice on patients while doing their job.
It's just clinical experience is a skill that requires constant dedication, it's not something that you do and drop, and expect to pick it back up right away, that's why I want to keep those skills really bad
Another questions is, a lot of job requirements for medical director is to have 5 years of clinical experience. Does the clinical experience in residency count?
i want to do residency in the primary care section such as family med, internal med, and pediatrics so I hope residency do count as clinical experience. If it does, that will be great, I could count the years I will do in residency with an additional 2 years I will do once I become an attending, and hopefully get a job as a medical director.
I would really love to hear everyone's input on the medical director field, I'm still learning about the field.
thank you so much
I will be starting MD/MBA (specialize in hospital management) this coming fall, and I'm extremely excited about this. I did a lot of research on what people do with MD/MBA, and one of the things I'm interested in is being a medical director. I look at medical director as the middle man between physicians and administrators. However, I also want to practice medicine (treating patients) and being a medical director at the same time, do you guys think it's possible? I don't know too much about the field, I think maybe medical directors do practice on patients while doing their job.
It's just clinical experience is a skill that requires constant dedication, it's not something that you do and drop, and expect to pick it back up right away, that's why I want to keep those skills really bad
Another questions is, a lot of job requirements for medical director is to have 5 years of clinical experience. Does the clinical experience in residency count?
i want to do residency in the primary care section such as family med, internal med, and pediatrics so I hope residency do count as clinical experience. If it does, that will be great, I could count the years I will do in residency with an additional 2 years I will do once I become an attending, and hopefully get a job as a medical director.
I would really love to hear everyone's input on the medical director field, I'm still learning about the field.
thank you so much