Research as an MD

[Xinlitik]

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Can a standard MD student do research during his 4 years? I would like to continue with research but am not interested in an MD/PhD program (All the MD/PhDs I talk to say they regret not going MD). Are there any schools that are particularly good in this respect?

 

[randombetch]

I wouldn't want to do MD/PhD either... Would much rather just do an MD and do maybe a 2 year post-doc/research fellowship if I wanted to go into research (and yes, this is financially the better route keeping all else constant no matter how you crunch the numbers, assuming you start at least at a modest $150k~).

Anyway, standard MD students can definitely do research between the 1st and 2nd year, and also between the 2nd and 3rd year. Many also do research during the year.

 

[Naijaba]

Can a standard MD student do research during his 4 years? I would like to continue with research but am not interested in an MD/PhD program (All the MD/PhDs I talk to say they regret not going MD). Are there any schools that are particularly good in this respect?

Stanford's regular MD program requires that you do a scholarly concentration and research thesis. Harvard's HST MD program also requires a research thesis. Note that these are probably the hardest two programs to get into.

 

[TexasPhysician]

I did some research during almost all of medical school. It is very possible.