Route to become medicine lecturer

[checardio72]

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Hi

I am currently a 2nd year medical student in Ireland and i was thinking about becoming a medical lecturer one day. But i'm lacking of information on the multiple ways of how one can become a lecturer in medical school. I mean, after i graduated, what path should i take? should i take specialty of Masters, or do I have to go even further for PhD? Can somebody help me?

Thanks in advance! 🙂

 

[nysegop]

Firstly, this is the high school forum. You won't get a lot of good answers here.

Secondly, generally speaking, most "medical lecturers" also hold PhDs.

 

[K31]

Secondly, generally speaking, most "medical lecturers" also hold PhDs.

Most of my lecturers in med school had either a MD or a PhD, not both.

Being a lecturer is a very small part of their job for most med school faculty. We only had a couple of faculty who had lecturing as a large part of their time, and they were very senior faculty. Most lectures were taught by faculty who only gave only on or two lectures each year, with a few who were the primary lecturer for a single subject (a 6-8 week block at my school). The rest of their time was spent on the typical stuff med school faculty do--clinical teaching and research.

My impression is that it's not difficult as faculty to get your foot in the door and begin giving a lecture or two in your area of knowledge. Then, if the students like you, you'll get asked to do more.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Firstly, this is the high school forum. You won't get a lot of good answers here.

Secondly, generally speaking, most "medical lecturers" also hold PhDs.

Definitely not true, but would require a more specific definition of medical lecturer.

 

[da8s0859q]

Secondly, generally speaking, most "medical lecturers" also hold PhDs.

Suspect you'll find this isn't quite that simple when you get to med school.

OP: many people who lecture at medical schools have PhDs (particularly if they're basic science lecturers who are doing the traditional teach/research thing), but you'll likely have plenty of MD lecturers as well. It's more of a function of what sort of thing you want to be teaching, and what kind of career you want outside of teaching if any.

I've known of radiologists who taught anatomy, EM docs who taught medical terminology, etc, on an MD "only."

Also, because you're in Ireland, there are different roles and requirements for the MD and/or PhD which you certainly know better than I do as compared to the United States. That might be something to look into as well.

 

[nysegop]

I'm not exactly sure what he/she means by "medical lecturer", but the majority of academic doctors hold both degrees. At least at most respectable academic medical centres and colleges.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I'm not exactly sure what he/she means by "medical lecturer", but the majority of academic doctors hold both degrees. At least at most respectable academic medical centres and colleges.

Again, not true. For example, here is a list of hospitalists from the Mass General webpage, which I might call a respectable medical center.


MBBS
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD, MPH
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD, MBA
MD
DO
MD
MD
MBBS, PhD
MD
MD, MS
MD
MD
MD
MD, PhD
MD
MD
MBBS
MD
MD, MPH
MD
MD
MBBS
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD, PhD
DO
DO
MBBS
MBBS
MD
MD
MD, PhD
MD
MBBS
MD

Ok, so maybe hospitalists are an exception. What about neurosurgeons?

MD
MD
MD
MD, PhD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD, PhD
MD


I also checked neurology, which was a little more PhD heavy but still greater than 50% MDs. What you may be trying to express is that people who work at medical centers as full time PIs are more likely to have an MD and a PhD than just a MD. However, there are very likely more PhDs than MD-PhDs even in that context.

 

[da8s0859q]

I'm not exactly sure what he/she means by "medical lecturer", but the majority of academic doctors hold both degrees. At least at most respectable academic medical centres and colleges.

Nope.

 

[nysegop]

Okay, you're right.

But wouldn't it be to ones advantage to have a PhD?

 

[mmmcdowe]

Okay, you're right.

But wouldn't it be to ones advantage to have a PhD?

If you want to have a full time lab maybe.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Okay, you're right.

But wouldn't it be to ones advantage to have a PhD?

Not necessarily. MDs/DOs can run labs as well although they are typically not interested in a full time lab position.