Hi all,
Current M3 considering the merits of pursuing a research year at another hospital to A) beef up my resume for residency and B) to make contacts at where I would hope to do residency. I know it would be much easier to find research at my own med school, but I would like to be near my family during this year off.
As someone who does not have a ton of research experience, I wanted to ask if others have successfully found research opportunities in departments at academic hospitals OTHER than their home institution. Do you just cold email attendings? Do you go through a research department? Do you have attendings from your medical school contact people they know?
Also, would I be responsible for finding my own funding? And if I were unsuccessful in doing so, would it reflect poorly on me to have done a year of unfunded research?
Thanks as always for the advice!
Current M3 considering the merits of pursuing a research year at another hospital to A) beef up my resume for residency and B) to make contacts at where I would hope to do residency. I know it would be much easier to find research at my own med school, but I would like to be near my family during this year off.
As someone who does not have a ton of research experience, I wanted to ask if others have successfully found research opportunities in departments at academic hospitals OTHER than their home institution. Do you just cold email attendings? Do you go through a research department? Do you have attendings from your medical school contact people they know?
Also, would I be responsible for finding my own funding? And if I were unsuccessful in doing so, would it reflect poorly on me to have done a year of unfunded research?
Thanks as always for the advice!
