What is Harvard HST program??

[Raid KH]

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Hello,

I read their website, FAQ... and still not able to get the purpose of training Medical Students into Physical and Engineering Laboratories. Also, How long is it? and do they give any special certificates for HST graduate students?

 

[ShenanigansMD]

Physicians should have an input on the engineering and design of devices and tools; if this is a master's program like a lot of schools offer, then it probably takes only one year in addition to the 4 years MD.

 

[unnamedlord]

HST is similar to MD/PhD i think. Takes 7-9 years. Main objective: Train physicians as scientists. Physicians do research alongside looking patients.

 

[unnamedlord]

And yeah i think the special certificate is the PhD

 

[Josh7]

Oh man, this actually looks pretty cool!

http://hst.mit.edu/

They're not gonna like my 3.5 though, engineering is a such a gpa killer.

It's pretty much for the elite of the elite. Very competitive and rewarding program from the looks of it. There was some professor at my university that got his MD from Harvard and PhD from MIT and he's easily the smartest person I've ever spoken to. You definitely have to have a special mind for research.

 

[911 Turbo]

HST is for top notch ballers

 

[Ansar]

Sounds like the people are like the ones in Hopkins' MD/PhD: 3.9/38+

 

[jjesque]

HST is similar to MD/PhD i think. Takes 7-9 years. Main objective: Train physicians as scientists. Physicians do research alongside looking patients.

?? If we're talking about the medical school program, it's a four year program that leads to an MD degree. No special certificate as far as I know. But HST has a focus on biomedical research and I believe students take some classes at MIT.

 

[911 Turbo]

?? If we're talking about the medical school program, it's a four year program that leads to an MD degree. No special certificate as far as I know. But HST has a focus on biomedical research and I believe students take some classes at MIT.

I believe this is correct

 

[Narmerguy]

It is definitely not an MD/PhD program.

http://hst.mit.edu/academics/md/admissions/faq

It's a pretty math/quantitative approach to medicine designed for people that intend to go into academic medicine.

 

[argama]

my PI graduated from that program. It's not PhD awarded but def a research oriented/academia oriented program. And yes he too is one of the smartest people I know....and he's good at hiding it >__<

 

[Josh7]

my PI graduated from that program. It's not PhD awarded but def a research oriented/academia oriented program. And yes he too is one of the smartest people I know....and he's good at hiding it >__<

Those are the best types of people

 

[Ansar]

It ain't an MD/PhD program, but around half of their students go on to get a PhD while they're there.

 

[Josh7]

It ain't an MD/PhD program, but around half of their students go on to get a PhD while they're there.

I'm sure most of them get the MD at Harvard then continue their engineering PhD research over at MIT? That sounds like an absolute dream scenario for all of us I'm sure.