daftypatty Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 I am interested in pursuing a clinical epidemiology research on global health, but I was just wondering how medical schools would view such research endeavors; would it still be considered "research" in the traditional sense? (ala molecular biology/biochem with test tubes and what not). I just wouldn't want med schools to look less favorably on the research just because it is an epidemiological research Note: it would be more of a social science research on evaluating health politics, systems, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi.mtl Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 yes, this is considered research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyClarkson Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 I had the misconception before as well that basic science research > clinical research in terms of applying to medical school. After working in clinical research for 3 years, I now realize that both types of research are essential to medicine, and most (if not every) doctor I've talked to agrees with that notion. No adcom would put one type of research over the other. What MAY make a difference is the publications you get out of it. I personally think it's easier to publish in clinical research over basic sciences. Regardless, you will not be at a disadvantage for pursuing that type of research vs. basic sciences research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Any research has value to medicine, especially at the pre-med stage. Not too many people will be doing the exact same type of research when they get into medicine as they did before, so the subject itself isn't all that important. It's the skills and knowledge of the process that are far more valuable, because they translate to not just doing research in other fields, but also into properly understanding research. Keep in mind that most physicians do clinical research, while PhD's are the ones doing more of the basic sciences research. That's an overgeneralization - there's plenty of cross-over - but it'd be silly for med schools to care more about the test tubes and lab stuff than the working with patients stuff, since working with patients is kinda what we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thethirdlaw Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'm going in an epi/MPH route. Just to put things into perspective approx. 50-60% of my class is MDs. If that doesn't give the clinically relevant, useful and valuable towards medicine (application for OR practice of) vibe, no idea what will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 clinical epi is one of the most popular fields for doctors. They have the medical background in there area but often lack the tools epi or statistics give to take their research to the next level. Doing such a degree corrects that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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