<p>Is anyone interested in this sort of degree? Is anyone in the process of working on one? Does anyone know the benefits of such a degree and its downfalls?</p>
<p>I guess an MD/JD is good for a job with a combination of medicine and law, but from this guy's point of view he recommends not to do them:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pshrink.com/mdjd.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.pshrink.com/mdjd.html</a></p>
<p>It'd be good for someone who has both passion for med and law but it takes a while, and there's no real job that really requires both degrees. It's kind of something I think people would do if they're a superoverachiever or want to be overqualified, because the only real benefits someone could get from it is to say they have both degrees. You don't need to know all aspects of law to practice good medicine or know all aspects of medicine to practice good law.</p>
<p>I agree...you're putting your feet in too many places.</p>
<p>I know a little bit about the process.</p>
<p>1.) The major disadvantage is that there's simply no point for most candidates. Of course, some people do have plans for which such a combination helps them at least somewhat. What are you planning on doing, that this makes you curious about the degree?</p>
<p>2.) As is the case with most combined programs (MD/PhD MSTP being the huge exception), you generally don't want to do it as a combined program per se; you'd want to apply separately. That is, apply for medical school (or the other degree) first, then while enrolled in that school, apply for the second type of school.</p>
<p>Forget about these dual md/jd things and just finish up med school. Med school and residency takes long enough. Get on with life already.</p>
<p>My uncle is a lawyer and a doctor. He has a job as a lawyer for the pharmacuticals at walgreens.</p>