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I just wanted to clarify a question I asked on the list a couple days ago.
Here's what I wrote:

>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.

The discussion so far has focused mostly on how people succeed (or fail) in
combining research, medicine, and personal life.  I think this is a very
relevant subject for MD/PhD students and look forward to what others have
to say about it.  However, I initially raised the issue because I heard
that it will be even more difficult in the future than it is (or has been).
Has anyone else heard this? If so, for what reasons?

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Tim Fenske
University of Wisconsin
Cell & Molecular Biology
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