Thanks for all the wonderful posts. I'm a current MS3 and have really learned a lot from the info found on this board. I'm looking for places to do a 4th year elective and was hoping for some more insight than can be found on the program websites.
As an MD/PhD student, I am hoping to eventually have a successful research lab along with a clinical practice at some large medical center. I recently spoke with the RadOnc chair at my med school and he suggested that I look for programs where they foster the resident's research aspirations. My interests don't really lie in the physics/planning arena, but rather in the radiobiology/radiosensitization/radioprotective and/or tumor/cellular biology areas. I'd certainly appreciate any insight those of you on the interview trail could lend in this area. In particular, any programs that are more flexible in allowing research throughout the residency rather than back-loading it?
Thanks in advance for any comments and good luck with your interviews.
Randy
As an MD/PhD student, I am hoping to eventually have a successful research lab along with a clinical practice at some large medical center. I recently spoke with the RadOnc chair at my med school and he suggested that I look for programs where they foster the resident's research aspirations. My interests don't really lie in the physics/planning arena, but rather in the radiobiology/radiosensitization/radioprotective and/or tumor/cellular biology areas. I'd certainly appreciate any insight those of you on the interview trail could lend in this area. In particular, any programs that are more flexible in allowing research throughout the residency rather than back-loading it?
Thanks in advance for any comments and good luck with your interviews.
Randy