what's required to actually teach in medical school?

[biobossx99]

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Do the professors at medical schools only have MD/Phds? Can you only have a MD and teach in med school? Thanks

 

[bbas]

I don't think you need a MD/PhD to teach. Some professors have an MD only, and some only have a PhD.

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
You need to have a masters or doctorate to teach in most medical schools. Some disciplines are only at the masters level and thus a masters is enough. Most medical schools will not allow you to attain the rank of professor without a doctorate (medicine or philosophy).

njbmd 🙂

 

[QofQuimica]

There may be some with both MDs and PhDs, but most will have one or the other. Which one they have depends on the department: most of your biochemists will have PhDs, but most of your surgeons will have MDs. It seems that pathology is a dept. that tends to have a lot of MD/PhDs in it.

 

[DarkFark]

I think the main determinate of whether the prof is MD or PhD is whether the the subject is a basic or a clinical science, although there is still variation.

 

[BaylorGuy]

I'm currently working at UTMB. My PI/co-director has a PhD and teaches in the medical school, as well as one of our post-docs (PhD). The other co-director is an MD and is full time faculty in the med school in addition to doing some research.

I dont think its exclusionary, but i think you need to have at least an MD or PhD (or equivalent) in order to teach.

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Yeah, the PI in my lab teaches the Pharmacology section, and she's a PhD. I think basic science areas are often PhDs since they have a more fundamental working knowledge of it, while the more practical applications are MDs. Just a guess.