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MD schools already have classes tailored to running practices and other business related functions in the medical field.
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Mine certainly doesn't.</p>
<p>Wow. So if you wanted to take some business classes, you'd have to enroll in an MBA program?</p>
<p>I mean, you could probably take classes in your university's business school via part-time enrollment, if your university has a b-school. Mine does, but many don't -- UCSF, Cornell, Mt. Sinai, Baylor all come to mind.</p>
<p>But there would be no classes about medical practice anyway, and when exactly are medical students supposed to take these classes? And how many will have the initiative to seek these classes out, when the school itself never mentions anything about it?</p>
<p>This discussion is about MD/MBA dual degrees...so schools that don't offer this shouldn't really be in this discussion. BTW, Cornell has a top 15 business school...</p>
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But there would be no classes about medical practice anyway, and when exactly are medical students supposed to take these classes? And how many will have the initiative to seek these classes out, when the school itself never mentions anything about it?
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<p>I'm not saying that medical students should be taking these business classes... just that taking these business classes would be a MUCH better alternative to getting another MBA degree. You say that med students have no time to take these classes... But you argue that a dual degree would be a better alternative?</p>
<p>ok.. buddy.</p>
<p>First off, we (you) changed the subject by pointing out that medical schools offer business classes. I pointed out that this was not true. Somebody (you) then asked whether I would have to enroll in a business school to gain that knowledge. I then pointed out that many medical schools don't have business schools anyway. So the change of subject was a relatively natural progression in this thread.</p>
<p>Second:
Weill Cornell Medical School: 525 E. 68th St., New York, NY 10065
Cornell University Johnson School: 130 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY 14850-4353</p>
<p>Cornell does offer the MD/MBA dual degree... which like I said is the most useless combo degree out there.</p>
<p>Rather than take all the classes necessary for the MBA degree.... just take some classes you want.</p>
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<p>That's not remotely my argument, although it would make sense. Since you can't do them during medical school, which would be why you would take a couple of dedicated years to do them afterwards. And my point is that Cornell students certainly can't do this, because they can't get to their b-school part-time.</p>
<p>But I also state quite explicitly that business schools are unlikely to have directly relevant coursework anyway.</p>
<p>Medical school students don't have time to take business classes on the side, nor would they have any idea which classes would be most beneficial to them. The Rutgers program only takes one additional year, so I don't see what the big fuss is all about.</p>