I've been accepted EDP and I start medical school in August 2010. I happen to be quite the planner. I plan ahead for just about everything. I am a very research oriented person and I truly enjoy research, so I know I will try to do research in medical school (prob summer between 1st and 2nd year, or whenever it's possible). Although this is incredibly far away, I still wanted to ask : since very competative residencies (derm, ortho, etc) almost require you to do research in medical school, what kind of research should you get involved in if you don't know what kind of residency you hope to attain, but you want to keep your options open for competative residencies? Should you just try to find "basic science" research labs, or is there something general that you should attempt to do research in that would still help you for residency, but also keep your options open? Basically, if you don't know that you want to do derm/ optho/ortho until 3rd year, but you want to do research after 1st year, what can you do in research to help you get a competative residency, if you don't know what you are aiming for yet?
Long question...sorry haha. Thanks for any help!
Long question...sorry haha. Thanks for any help!