<p>I have a friend who is on the admissions committee for a top ten med school. They are reviewing their admissions policies because they are NOT getting enough well rounded students who like to communicate with humans. They are getting too many super competitive numbers crunchers.</p>
<p>I also have a couple of good friends who are doing interesting research at university hospitals. They seem to love their work. LOVE it. I also have a friend who is a top researcher in the field of child psychiatry. Where do you live? If you live near a university hospital your son might make inquiries about doing lab work for a research scintist/psychiatrist. Many of them have a few private patients as well. </p>
<p>Huge discoveries are happening in that field with the advent of newer imaging technology and refined medication routines. Also, the NIH has recently revised it’s funding policy toward research to try to see if it can obtain significant changes in the health of the overall population. That’s a good thing for psychiatry.</p>