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Like many of you, I started off premed listening to my premed adviser. Before college, I had always been mechanically inclined. I liked to design and build things. Becoming a biomedical engineering major, a blend of my interest in medicine and finding solutions to problems with devices, was the most natural choice.
My adviser told me that I wouldn't be able to finish all my premed prereqs as a biomedical engineering major, which I now know is completely false. I wish I had SDN at the time. So, I became a microbiology major. I never got a chance to realize my potential as an engineer.
I still feel regret to this day. I truly want to be a physician, but I would also like to find solutions to problems with medical devices. I know of several physicians who are heavily involved with R&D at small firms, universities etc.
My question is, is it at all possible to follow this dream during or after medical school? Do any schools offer entry-level programs in something like biomedical engineering that you can complete during medical school?
If I had my bachelor's in biomedical engineering, I would have applied MD/PhD in a heartbeat.
My adviser told me that I wouldn't be able to finish all my premed prereqs as a biomedical engineering major, which I now know is completely false. I wish I had SDN at the time. So, I became a microbiology major. I never got a chance to realize my potential as an engineer.
I still feel regret to this day. I truly want to be a physician, but I would also like to find solutions to problems with medical devices. I know of several physicians who are heavily involved with R&D at small firms, universities etc.
My question is, is it at all possible to follow this dream during or after medical school? Do any schools offer entry-level programs in something like biomedical engineering that you can complete during medical school?
If I had my bachelor's in biomedical engineering, I would have applied MD/PhD in a heartbeat.