PhD after intercalated BSc (Hons)

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What are the chances of PhD studentships for medical students who are doing their intercalated BSc (Hons)and decided to do a PhD before the clinical years? Are their chances the same as biology students who are doing the same BSc (Hons) subject.

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Although we have never heard of anybody doing this, it is likely that it is possible. However doing a PhD as a fully qualified medical doctor is usually much better paid and to be frank much easier (as you will probably get access to technical assistance) than doing a PhD any other way (except buying one of those dodgy ones of the internet).

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I would like to ask if medical doctors doing PhD are paid as much as they would be if they work for the NHS? How about those from non EU countries?

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As I understand (from my medical colleagues) the usual research training route for doctors is to do an MD (medical doctorate, which takes 2-3 years) when they have reached registrar status i.e. have been qualified doctors for several years. As they usually continue to have NHS clinical responsibilities, I think their salary remains much the same. There is often an option for to transfer from MD to PhD (in a similar process to the Mphil/PhD transfer).

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How about medical graduates doing PhD straight after graduation? Do they get paid like working for the NHS?

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I wouldn't have thought so, never heard of this situation. Straight after graduation is the pre-registration house officer year, I wouldn't have thought this was an ideal time for a PhD, unless a person had decided that medicine wasn't the career for them and instead wanted to pursue a research career.

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