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I am an MS3, and ENT is one of the two things I'm trying to decide between for residency. I'm a competitive applicant as far as step 1, grades, etc etc goes, with one glaring exception: no research (at all, ever). I don't really even know what research involves as a medical student.
To be honest, I just don't want to do it, not now, not never; that said, I realize that research is something that is a necessity for an aspiring ENT. In the words of one of the ENT faculty at my school, "just tell the bastards what they want to hear".
So what should I do? I feel unqualified to do any research activities, given that I have a third-year medical student's level of knowledge (i.e., laughable, despite how big some MS3/MS4s' heads get). I can be a lab-monkey/scut-monkey with the best of them if necessary, but if I am going to do that, I want to maximize the return. So should I just ask an active researcher in the department how I can get involved and then just take whatever scraps they throw me? Or ask if they have any case reports that need to be written (if nothing else, I am a decent writer)? Or... what?
Thanks!
To be honest, I just don't want to do it, not now, not never; that said, I realize that research is something that is a necessity for an aspiring ENT. In the words of one of the ENT faculty at my school, "just tell the bastards what they want to hear".
So what should I do? I feel unqualified to do any research activities, given that I have a third-year medical student's level of knowledge (i.e., laughable, despite how big some MS3/MS4s' heads get). I can be a lab-monkey/scut-monkey with the best of them if necessary, but if I am going to do that, I want to maximize the return. So should I just ask an active researcher in the department how I can get involved and then just take whatever scraps they throw me? Or ask if they have any case reports that need to be written (if nothing else, I am a decent writer)? Or... what?
Thanks!