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Just a few random thoughts:

-our program had a seminar with an MD-PHD at Baylor (Dana Guilian), and
he stressed the importance of getting good clinical training if one
has any interest in patient care.  Implicit in his comments, and hinted
at when we pressed was the notion that fast tracks may be cutting
corners a bit closely.  I think part of the issue is that if you are
clinically active, little or no respect will flow from your research
actiities - you need to be a great clinician with less expsoure than
your colleagues

-Carleton Gadjusek (NIH) at last year's Aspen MDPHD Conference stressed
the importance of top-notch clinical training, and over coffee one
morning, he said something along the lines of 'if you're good now,
you'll be good when you finish residency training at a great center;
if you're average now, training at a great center may move you into
the ranks of the good'

-our first graduate looked at fast tracks and came away feeling that
they offered far more for programs than for the candidates - he
opted for regular internal med at Chicago and has nothing but praise
fr the program (he's in his first year)

A couple of years ago, I suggested attempting to create a list of
residency programs/choices of MDPHD types so that the collective wisdom
might be transferable to future cohorts.  Not much happened but how
about some posts on he choices of graduates from programs including
subscribers to this list?

Good luck!

MATT HODGE
McGILL UNIVERSITY
5/7 Epidemiology & Biostatistics
'Back to the hospital in a month... knowledge base? What knowledge base?"