Re: What if you don't want to treat patients?

"Scott Oakman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> It REALLY sounds like you should be looking into graduate programs in
> biomedical engineering, medical informatics, or some other basic
> science field.  (Oops--missed the bored with computers part.  OK
> molecular biology, then...)  Even if you were to express a plan to go
> into pathology or radiology, it doesn't sound like you'd be very happy
> spending too much time around other people who are focused on clinical
> medicine.

Thanks.  I'm actually planning on going into biostatistics, and I just
wanted to make sure there are no better fields.

I know I have antisocial tendencies, and that was part of the reason I got
into computers in the first place.  It would be unrealistic for me to
magically transform into a great humanist at this stage.  As a health
professional, I would be expected to respect the types of people whose
mission in life is saving the starving baby whales of the Amazon rain
forest.  It's hard for me to keep a straight face around those kinds of
people.