What would happen if you dropped out?

[lastbastion]

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So, yeah. What would happen if you are accepted to a school under the MD/PhD program, and after first or second year of medicine, decide you'd rather practice than research. Would the school grant you a leave of the PhD program while maintaining you in the MD, or would they kick you out of both completely? And has anyone actually tried this/done this?

thanks

 

[ImmunoANT]

yeah, am very curious about this too. Not that I have such an attitude alreay, but just like to know.

 

[coldchemist]

No school would kick you out. It's assumed that, if you make this decision, that it was unforseeable, so nothing is held against you. However, some schools make you sign a contract at the beginning of the program stating that you will repay the tuition/fees that were covered by the program.

 

[Neuronix]

See here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64282#post639492

In any program you will stay on as a MD student if you leave the MD/PhD program. MSTPs are forbidden from asking for money back by the NIGMS, so this is further incentive to go with a MSTP school. non-MSTPs though typically have you sign a contract that forces you to pay back med school if you leave.