UVa begins dual medicine-law degree program

[mahatmakanejeeves]

When does this guy sleep?

UVa begins dual medicine-law degree program

Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014 7:32 pm | Updated: 11:15 am, Mon Aug 4, 2014.

Posted on Aug 3, 2014
by Derek Quizon

The University of Virginia is joining a short list of universities around the country offering a joint degree program in law and medicine. ... The list of UVa students enrolled in the new J.D.-M.D. degree is even shorter.

Austin Sim, a graduating School of Medicine student will become the first and only J.D.-M.D. student at UVa in the fall. In fact, the program likely would not exist without him.
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Joint medical degree programs have grown about 36 percent in the last decade, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, with M.D.-Ph.D. programs making up the bulk of the growth. Joint medicine-law degrees are offered at several elite institutions — including Yale University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago — but they are still relatively scarce.
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Sim’s goal is ultimately to practice medicine, but he said he also wants to act as an adviser for legislators — state or federal — grappling with public health issues. But it’s not just about helping legislators understand health care. Sim said he wants to understand the world legislators work in.

[PoliticAverse]

1. So you can sue yourself? n/t

[COLGATE4]

2. A doctor who is a lawyer

has a fool both as a patient and as a client.