Interested in Computer Programming & Medicine? (National Science Foundation Program)

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<p>FYI…for those who are interested in Computer Programming & Medicine, here’s a summer program that you can apply to for next year. This year’s participating students hail from: UVA, Wellesley, Vanderbilt, UC San Diego, Clarkson, Hanover, and Norfolk State.</p>

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<p>For more info, click to the link below.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060713sea_summer.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060713sea_summer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Heh…</p>

<p>Way back in the day, when I was a baby, I lived in Bethesda, MD, for a couple of months while my dad did a rotation at the NIH called “computers in medicine”. Wasn’t particularly an undergrad thing, as he was in medical school at the time, but it’s still mildly amusing that computers and medicine is considered “hot” and “new” and “progressive”.</p>

<p>Incidentally, my dad’s now a strange amalgam of doctor/computer engineer, so if anybody really wants to pursue a career in computers and medicine, lemme know… I might be able to point you towards some folks to talk to.</p>

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<p>You got my attention. This looks like it’d be awesome…too bad it’s only for undergrads.</p>

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<p>likewise. aibarr - would appreciate it if you could tell us some more about what your dad does</p>

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<p>In a word, teleradiology. Lots of image compression and network transfer, software programming, hardware development, server stuff, things like that. Bandies about phrases like “wavelets” and “sockets”. He spends about half his time on R&D for telerad and half his time as a practicing nuclear med doc.</p>

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<p>what’s the job outlook for this sort of thing like?</p>

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<p>And also, whats the best route to break into this field? compsci/EE at college followed by med school?</p>

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<p>Well, back when my dad was in school, I’m not sure there were a whole lot of computer science majors… Let alone computers… He started out in aerospace engineering, got bored with that, switched to mechanical engineering for his masters, then went for a PhD in biomedical engineering, did everything but the dissertation, got monkeyed around by his department, ended up with an ABD PhD and left, then decided to go to medical school.</p>

<p>So… he’s way overeducated. That route is not recommended…</p>

<p>But yeah, if you can do it… compsci/EE and then med school would give you a good background to base future pursuits on. Only thing you’d have to deal with is that pesky GPA in engineering/admissions to med school thing.</p>

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<p>Hahaha, Aibarr, it’s not the incorporation of computers and medicine that’s considered (in your words) “hot,” “new” and “progressive.” It’s rather the offering of this opportunity to undergrads in a comprehensive program that makes it different.</p>