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Hi All,
I will have two years off after I graduate this year (I will be applying summer 2010). I have been working in a neuroscience lab for the past year. I will be published this summer as a second author and research is going well. I have been debating what to do with my time off and one of my options is to take a job in my lab.
Here is the problem. I think my research is interesting, but I know I dont want to pursue a research career as a future physician. Given this, some have said doing research could come off as contradictory or inconsistent with my goals of pure clinical medicine? Also, my top choice school is my state school which puts a heavy emphasis on primary care medicine. Will a research-heavy background hurt me even more for a school like this?
I will have two years off after I graduate this year (I will be applying summer 2010). I have been working in a neuroscience lab for the past year. I will be published this summer as a second author and research is going well. I have been debating what to do with my time off and one of my options is to take a job in my lab.
Here is the problem. I think my research is interesting, but I know I dont want to pursue a research career as a future physician. Given this, some have said doing research could come off as contradictory or inconsistent with my goals of pure clinical medicine? Also, my top choice school is my state school which puts a heavy emphasis on primary care medicine. Will a research-heavy background hurt me even more for a school like this?