Warning: brutally honest take that’s critical of your plans
It doesn’t seem like either of those paths is the most impactful for you based on the information presented. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence that you’d be an especially good fit for either. It seems like you have little background or capabilities relevant to either medicine or AI.
Don’t get me wrong, you’re evidently very capable; it’s outrageously difficult to get into graduate medicine.
I can’t comment on AI, but I’ve worked in global health. What proportion of the most impactful people in global health have medical degrees? I’m not familiar with anyone suggesting this as being an efficient way to get into global health. We don’t know much about your situation, so generic advice is the best I’ve got—here are some paths worth considering:
* found, work at, or volunteer for a global health startup * do a global health masters * work at WHO / UN to build connections * apply to Charity Entrepreneurship * do internships to figure out the conditions under which you do your best work
In my view, the response makes a lot of assumptions and would have been better asking for—rather than assuming—information about fit, background or capabilities before providing a “brutally honest take that’s critical.”
The admission into a graduate medical program (and the steps it takes for that to happen) implies at least some information of that sort is available.
Warning: brutally honest take that’s critical of your plans
It doesn’t seem like either of those paths is the most impactful for you based on the information presented. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence that you’d be an especially good fit for either. It seems like you have little background or capabilities relevant to either medicine or AI.
Don’t get me wrong, you’re evidently very capable; it’s outrageously difficult to get into graduate medicine.
I can’t comment on AI, but I’ve worked in global health. What proportion of the most impactful people in global health have medical degrees? I’m not familiar with anyone suggesting this as being an efficient way to get into global health. We don’t know much about your situation, so generic advice is the best I’ve got—here are some paths worth considering:
* found, work at, or volunteer for a global health startup
* do a global health masters
* work at WHO / UN to build connections
* apply to Charity Entrepreneurship
* do internships to figure out the conditions under which you do your best work
I’m open to feedback from disagreevoters
In my view, the response makes a lot of assumptions and would have been better asking for—rather than assuming—information about fit, background or capabilities before providing a “brutally honest take that’s critical.”
The admission into a graduate medical program (and the steps it takes for that to happen) implies at least some information of that sort is available.
Good point. Thank you!