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MD/PhD Blogs PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 January 2010 19:35

There are two great MD/PhD blogs on the internet.  Although they are not updated frequently, they do contain a wealth of information on what it is like to be in an MD/PhD program.  Also provides a lot of commentary on interviewing for residencies as an MD/PhD.  I would highly suggest you go through these blogs if you are considering applying for an MD/PhD program or if you wanted to know more about what the program entails.  I do find some posts very entertaining.  Overall, each blog posting is well written.

  1. MudPhudder
  2. MudPhud Adventures - Hasn't been updated since June 2009.

 
Applying to Baccalaureate/MD Programs PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 January 2010 00:00

Baccalaureate/MD Programs are joint programs that guarantee a spot at the medical school if the student in the joint program graduates with a certain academic standard.  You have to apply as a high school student into these programs.  These programs are meant for those high school students who can convince the programs that the medical profession is in their blood.

 

A few programs that I know of are...

 

University of Southern California Baccalaureate/MD Program

UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences

University of Florida Baccalaureate/MD Program

 
Student athletes that want to become physicians PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 08 January 2010 02:12

Medical schools like applicants that play on a varsity sports team yet can do well academically.  For student athletes applying to medical school, the best advice is to pursue a clinical activity for a continuous 2+ years, pursue only 1-2 activities (research, community service, etc.), and do well in classes. Don't try to do everything.  Student athletes have a very difficult schedule often with workouts and practices in the morning and the afternoons, with few hours in between for classes.  Don't try to be overly ambitious and do many things but only do them for 2-3 months at a time.  Stay committed to your classes, sport, clinical activity, and 1-2 non-clinical activities and you will do just great for applying to medical school.

 

It's interesting that many student-athletes applying for medical school play in NCAA soccer or swimming/diving.  Just an interesting observation.

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