[kangruixiang]

I agree with "automate the boring stuff with python." It's actually the first book I used to learn Python.

I think it would be good if you learn it prior to going in. You just won't have time to do any programming learning in med school. Med school is more than a full time job by itself.

[wrycoder]

You may have more time, once in practice. I recall a couple of decades ago, it seemed every doctor in the country was learning to program, so he could automate his office. But, it turned out that was taken over by large corporations (as usual!) capitalizing on the need to integrate patient records with big hospitals and insurance systems.

[kangruixiang]

I have time now :), in residency! And I should have more time as I go further in training!

[falsenine]

Interesting, I always thought that residency got busier than med school, I guess it depends on residency type (e.g., surgical, radiology(?), etc). As a resident, do you see any startup opportunities within medicine? For example, I've seen some companies being started around machine learning in say, rad onc or radiology. Wondering how often findings from academic university research laboratories get translated into companies. Of course, there is the occasional biotech startup from wet labs.