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What exactly is the difference between MTSP and md/phd. I thought the term was interchangeable? Aren't both financed by the NIH? I'm not applying that route but was interested.
dpoke1 said:What exactly is the difference between MTSP and md/phd. I thought the term was interchangeable? Aren't both financed by the NIH? I'm not applying that route but was interested.
dpoke1 said:What exactly is the difference between MTSP and md/phd. I thought the term was interchangeable? Aren't both financed by the NIH? I'm not applying that route but was interested.
Gfunk6 said:Also not all MD/PhD programs are fully funded whereas all MSTPs are.
TicDouloureux said:And I don't know if this is true or not, but I have heard that at some MSTP programs, not all spots are fully funded. As in the NIH funds maybe 4 MSTP spots at a particular program, but the program takes 6 students, so the other 2 get less funding. I know that at our program, we take more students than there are MSTP spots, but our med school pays for the rest, so it doesn't matter who is or isn't on the training grant, because they are treated and paid the same.