Md Then Msc

[kinesinwalk]

Are there people that do this? Getting the MD, finishing residency, etc., then MS.c for research interest? Then practicing medicine would follow.

[011235813]

I know IMS on their website says "A 4-year Honours BA or BSc, or an MD from a recognized university program". 

Obviously it is possible. Some residencies may let you combine an MSc with your residency as well. If you are really interested in research, there are also research fellowships you can do. I know of several MDs who did research fellowships and are now both practicing physicians and professors. Don't get too hung up on the degrees, but it is definitely possible if you want the MSc.

[Meridian]

If your end goal is medical research and you have a strong GPA/ResearchECs  look at the MD/PHD programs at some schools.  They intertwine MD and PHD and have significant funding involved.

[Edict]

This is extremely common among academic physicians. A lot of people will do a masters during residency, sometimes even during med school. Not all masters are created equal. A masters done during residency when you know what specialty you will be doing, doing research in a field you likely will be doing research in for your career is much more useful to your career than a masters done before medical school especially if it is a field you won't end up practicing. 

 

This is sort of why it is generally encouraged if you are someone interested in clinical research to try to get into medical school as soon as you can and then do whatever research degrees you need during your residency/fellowship training. It's just more relevant plus you get paid a resident's salary for doing any research degree whereas if you did a masters before medical school you likely paid tuition. 

[ralk]

This is extremely common among academic physicians. A lot of people will do a masters during residency, sometimes even during med school. Not all masters are created equal. A masters done during residency when you know what specialty you will be doing, doing research in a field you likely will be doing research in for your career is much more useful to your career than a masters done before medical school especially if it is a field you won't end up practicing. 

 

This is sort of why it is generally encouraged if you are someone interested in clinical research to try to get into medical school as soon as you can and then do whatever research degrees you need during your residency/fellowship training. It's just more relevant plus you get paid a resident's salary for doing any research degree whereas if you did a masters before medical school you likely paid tuition. 

 

Completely agree here, it's exceedingly common for MDs to do a subsequent Master's. An MSc isn't always the choice - MEd's, MPH's, and MBA's are also common, depending on the direction a physician wants to take their career. Plenty of options available.

[RicardoKaká]

In my MSc there were a few MD's, seemed to help a few of them land fellowships down the road.

[NLengr]

In my MSc there were a few MD's, seemed to help a few of them land fellowships down the road.

For most people I think it's actually about landing a job in an academic center. It's becoming more and more common for universities to require all physicians at an academic hospital to have masters degrees, regardless of how much research they will do.

 

Some of it is about getting better researchers. Another part of it is pure credentialism.

[Bambi]

You can do a distance ed Masters while doing your residency.