🚀 go-pugleaf

Since I sort of started this ordeal regarding jokes and quotes I figured I'd
throw in my 2 cents.  I am assuming that the reason most people are on this
list is to communicate with others who are in or have completed an MD/PhD
program.  This communication could involve advice for career moves, or simply
casual (yet relevant) remarks that we can all relate to in some way.
However, I can relate to the feeling of a mailbox full of "junk", so why
don't we simply make sure to include something like "joke", "quote", "funny
story", etc... in the subject line so that everyone will have the option of
immediately deleting the more "casual remark" type messages.  That way
everyone is happy (hopefully!).


Obligitory relevant material:

More than once recently I've heard people say that a person running a
research lab and seeing patients will be very rare in the future.  I'm aware
of the current challenges involved in trying to combine what are essentially
two different professions but I don't understand why it might become MORE
difficult in the future.  Especially with more people doing MD/PhDs now, I
would think it might actually become more common.  One of the reasons I chose
to do an MD/PhD program was because I wanted to be involved in both research
and medicine, and when I hear remarks like this it makes me wonder if I'm
going to have to choose only one after all.  I'd be interested to hear
what others have to say about this.

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Tim Fenske
University of Wisconsin
Cell & Molecular Biology
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