PhD/DMD Dual Degree

[woof44]

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Hello,

I was just wondering if anyone is pursuing this and/or has any relevant information about these programs. I am highly interested in it and would just like some different opinions on it. I want to be a clinician when I'm older, and I would also love to teach, so it seems to be a good fit. I enjoy research (don't have a dying love for it), so doing it for a PhD would be fine, and even a post doc, however I am not THAT interested in making a career out of research. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mackchops]

So if you don't see research as your calling, why even consider the PhD? Get the DDS/DMD, let people call you doctor, do some research, teach, and take it from there. Specialize if you want to. All the DDS/PhD people I know really just use the PhD -- it certainly wouldn't help if you wanted to be a private practice GP...

 

[flapaTron]

you should consider emailing appropriate faculty at UCSF or Columbia as both offer such a program.

 

[uclaDDS101]

Hello,

I was just wondering if anyone is pursuing this and/or has any relevant information about these programs. I am highly interested in it and would just like some different opinions on it. I want to be a clinician when I'm older, and I would also love to teach, so it seems to be a good fit. I enjoy research (don't have a dying love for it), so doing it for a PhD would be fine, and even a post doc, however I am not THAT interested in making a career out of research. Thanks in advance.

I may do a dual degree.
Advice: Don't get a PhD unless you're gonna use it. Evaluate what need you would have for the degree. Plenty of dentists are clinical instructors and don't have a PhD. You say you're "highly interested" in a dual program, but you're "not THAT interested in making a career out of research". You have some serious thinking to do...

 

[ChubbyBaby]

Hello,

I was just wondering if anyone is pursuing this and/or has any relevant information about these programs. I am highly interested in it and would just like some different opinions on it. I want to be a clinician when I'm older, and I would also love to teach, so it seems to be a good fit. I enjoy research (don't have a dying love for it), so doing it for a PhD would be fine, and even a post doc, however I am not THAT interested in making a career out of research. Thanks in advance.

Don't waste your time with a phd.