Stanford Medical Statistics Certificate

[rachel83az]

I want to go into data science. If that means working in the medical field (though away from patients), then I'll wind up doing that.

Have you looked into becoming an actuary? If you can self fund the first 2-3 exams, many hospital systems or insurance companies will pay for the rest. It's not the sexiest of data science areas, but it is the most established. I've looked into it, but my biggest bugbear in the process is having to repeat courses I've taken to meet the verified education component. There are some programs where you can essentially go to a bootcamp style session and knock several of those requirements out in a week and get the others via CLEP, but all of that is out the window this year.

I'm in Europe and I don't even know if that's a thing here. I would suspect not. It's going to be at least a year before I finish my degree(s) and start looking for work, so I've got time to look into things.