advice please

[mie820]

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Hi guys

One of my friends, he is an IMG actually, have a difficult time deciding about this:


''I have a potential opportunity for a basic research. I explained to the PI that I need to work to get some papers to support my residency application. However, he said this job needs full dedication, someone who stays in the field for a while. So it sounds like he has a potential opening, but if I stayed with him for longer (than I proposed 1-2 years, which is actually more for me, as I wanna go for residency). They have some presentations at the AHA meeting in Chicago next week. Then I will call him to make an appointment to see what is going on there.

The point though is I don't won't to stay more than a year in worst case scenario. I am planning to apply for the coming match as well. But I don't know what to do; accept the offer (if he will offer the spot officially), or just wait to get matched.

Thank you for your time, and any advice is appreciated''.

So what I told him if you like the way how it is there, just accepted, if he offered, and apply for residency, then if you got matched, leave him and get any excuse to move. I don't know though if that is immoral! That is why I am leaving this case to the seniors in this forum.


thanks

 

[WellWornLad]

If he's just looking for papers/publications, forget it. Your friend is unlikely in one year to do significant research and publish in time to affect his residency application, especially when his PI is emphasizing the long-term outlook. Skipping out early will just burn bridges and likely erase your friend's name from any upcoming/future pubs.

Not sure what field your friend is trying to get into, but he'd have to publish a ton of high impact publications to have any significant effect on his match chances. It's just not going to happen in a new lab in one year.