I'm currently a pre-med and will be applying next year. I'm faced with the rather difficult decision of deciding whether to apply to an MD/PhD program. I know I want to practice clinical medicine so the MD portion is settled. I also know I want to do things other than clinical medicine (ie research, education, etc.).
I believe an MD/PhD would satisfy my goals; but I also thought it might be a good idea to choose a few specialties and a few fellowships within those specialties and investigate what sort of research they do. This way I can find out if perhaps there is a more expedient route to my goals.
I suppose my biggest question is whether the research is dominated by the "analyze documents about a certain situation and see how a change in one variable changed the outcome" style of research or whether there is sufficient room for something more in line with basic science or engineering or mathematics.
Thank you for any insight you can offer.
