Question: when im older i would like to be a doctor ... but i love science so therefore i would like a job that could kind of come between the two of them so yea... any ideas ??? ahah thanks again
You aren’t the only one who wants to do both masterninja, and as such it’s not that hard to do both because others have paved the way before you.
At UoA, when you study medicine, you have to do some xtra subject besides medicine. if it fits in your timetable, you could do a science subject. They even allow you to take a year between 3rd and 4th year to do honours. ie a full year research project in a lab. this then opens the door to be a doctor involved in medical research once you finish. Some doctors go onto become a PhD and are a doctor in two ways!
Once a doctor, you can follow up special cases and publish them as case studies, you can be involved with research labs by providing samples from patients (with full permission) you can even run your own research group. Infact the head of the UoA obstetrics and gynaecology department is usually a practicing clinican. they run clinical trials, and collect important information on patients so we can learn more. your options are endless!
At my university (UWS) it is a little differentn to UoA, but you can definitely do both! You do need to get into thre MBBS degree to be a doctor, but you can switch into the medical research degree after 3 years of clinical studies, or you can finish your MBBS then do honours and a PhD. Someone I know has also done it the other way around. They have a science degree, honours and PhD and this year have enrolled in graduate medicine. It;s really up to you which path you want to take. Have a look at the universities you are thinking of going to and see what they offer. You could even make an appointment to talk to a course advisor at uni. DOn’t be afarid to ask questions to get to where you want to be 🙂
Masterninja – I already respect you very much for your desire to become a doctor who loves science. Unfortunately we have a very limited amount of doctors who love or understand science. Doctors for sure have a very noble profession but most of them turn out to become mechanics which fix humans. They don’t ask questions. It is because of ignorant doctors why hospital bacteria take thousands of lives every year – oh they do their best to kill bacteria and they achieve killing 99.99% (like you see on cleaning products) the part they don’t understand is what happens to the remaining 0.01% which become resistance to all available antibiotics.
Coming back to your questions – it is absolutely possible to become a medical doctor who does science. Here is the pathway: Study hard (you have to have a good memory, the exams unfortunately test your memorization skills) and enter into medical school. When you are in medical school, have your internship at research labs. After graduation, you should specialize in a field of your interest. In the meantime you can do Master of Research or PhD in a related area which would be super beneficial to develop scientist skills. Once you become a specialist, try to get science grants to establish your own lab in a research hospital where you can operate on humans at the same time do research in your lab simultaneously. If you can do that, collaborate with a scientist do trnaslational medicine. Today the most successful doctors are those who give importance in research and development who runs a lab or collaborate with a good scientist do develop better technolgies to treat people.
As I said I would be really really happy to see people thinking like you (combining medicine and science) – you are awesome.
Like my fellow scientists have already mentioned, it is definitely possible to do both. You can do medicine and become a doctor first, then go into research (and do a Masters or a PhD). In my lab (and my department, where we focus on a lot of blood diseases), we have a lot of haematologists (blood doctors) who start their PhD after completing their specialisation.
Or you can do it the other way around, complete your PhD first, then go on to study medicine to become a doctor (I also know people who have done it this way).
My supervisor is a doctor, he spends a lot of time in the clinic seeing patients. He also oversees a lot of clinical trials. But he’s also passionate about research and understands the importance of scientific research (not just clinical trials), but his clinical training gives our work a translational perspective that sometimes we might not have otherwise.
I think the most important thing is to follow your interests and work hard; you can accomplish anything you want! 🙂
You aren’t the only one who wants to do both masterninja, and as such it’s not that hard to do both because others have paved the way before you.
At UoA, when you study medicine, you have to do some xtra subject besides medicine. if it fits in your timetable, you could do a science subject. They even allow you to take a year between 3rd and 4th year to do honours. ie a full year research project in a lab. this then opens the door to be a doctor involved in medical research once you finish. Some doctors go onto become a PhD and are a doctor in two ways!
Once a doctor, you can follow up special cases and publish them as case studies, you can be involved with research labs by providing samples from patients (with full permission) you can even run your own research group. Infact the head of the UoA obstetrics and gynaecology department is usually a practicing clinican. they run clinical trials, and collect important information on patients so we can learn more. your options are endless!
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At my university (UWS) it is a little differentn to UoA, but you can definitely do both! You do need to get into thre MBBS degree to be a doctor, but you can switch into the medical research degree after 3 years of clinical studies, or you can finish your MBBS then do honours and a PhD. Someone I know has also done it the other way around. They have a science degree, honours and PhD and this year have enrolled in graduate medicine. It;s really up to you which path you want to take. Have a look at the universities you are thinking of going to and see what they offer. You could even make an appointment to talk to a course advisor at uni. DOn’t be afarid to ask questions to get to where you want to be 🙂
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Masterninja – I already respect you very much for your desire to become a doctor who loves science. Unfortunately we have a very limited amount of doctors who love or understand science. Doctors for sure have a very noble profession but most of them turn out to become mechanics which fix humans. They don’t ask questions. It is because of ignorant doctors why hospital bacteria take thousands of lives every year – oh they do their best to kill bacteria and they achieve killing 99.99% (like you see on cleaning products) the part they don’t understand is what happens to the remaining 0.01% which become resistance to all available antibiotics.
Coming back to your questions – it is absolutely possible to become a medical doctor who does science. Here is the pathway: Study hard (you have to have a good memory, the exams unfortunately test your memorization skills) and enter into medical school. When you are in medical school, have your internship at research labs. After graduation, you should specialize in a field of your interest. In the meantime you can do Master of Research or PhD in a related area which would be super beneficial to develop scientist skills. Once you become a specialist, try to get science grants to establish your own lab in a research hospital where you can operate on humans at the same time do research in your lab simultaneously. If you can do that, collaborate with a scientist do trnaslational medicine. Today the most successful doctors are those who give importance in research and development who runs a lab or collaborate with a good scientist do develop better technolgies to treat people.
As I said I would be really really happy to see people thinking like you (combining medicine and science) – you are awesome.
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Good on you masterninja for wanting to do both.
Like my fellow scientists have already mentioned, it is definitely possible to do both. You can do medicine and become a doctor first, then go into research (and do a Masters or a PhD). In my lab (and my department, where we focus on a lot of blood diseases), we have a lot of haematologists (blood doctors) who start their PhD after completing their specialisation.
Or you can do it the other way around, complete your PhD first, then go on to study medicine to become a doctor (I also know people who have done it this way).
My supervisor is a doctor, he spends a lot of time in the clinic seeing patients. He also oversees a lot of clinical trials. But he’s also passionate about research and understands the importance of scientific research (not just clinical trials), but his clinical training gives our work a translational perspective that sometimes we might not have otherwise.
I think the most important thing is to follow your interests and work hard; you can accomplish anything you want! 🙂
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