thanks, "basic science" and small colleges

[Deb Britt]

In article <a-schmi-1711962208480001 at vortex.life.uiuc.edu>,
a-schmi at uiuc.edu (aloisia schmid) wrote:


> I just wanted to add two things.  So many women in science that I know are
> now saying that they plan to go to medical school because that is the easy
> way out.  And in a way it is.  It's more secure.  And what's interesting
> is that these women--and men, for that matter-- who go to medical school
> after all of this time and sweat in academic research, will probably be
> better doctors than their non-PhD counterparts. 
>

-- 
Deborah Britt, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Oncology
Rhode Island Hospital