You need to understand techniques, not master them. Enroll in medical school if strongly motivated. You'll get a good general education in human biology that will inform your judgment about worthy research problems. Skip the prolonged residencies programs after medical school. Attend seminars and scientific conferences.
Some talks are incomprehensible, some trivial, and some platforms for boasting.
However, other talks will suggest avenues of research that would never have occurred to you. Finding and relating to a Mentor Choose someone who is interesting, has influence, and will devote time to you. A good mentor will be your guardian angel. Follow his or her thesis advice unless you have a brilliant idea of your own. Be prepared for withering criticism and a total rewrite of the first drafts of your papers.