Are pre-medschool gap year pubs considered while applying for residency?

[Lccjblu]

I'm currently taking a gap year before starting medical school in august. During this time, I have been doing a ton of research and should be on at least one paper to show for it. Seeing that this research was done prior to medical school, will any of these publications be considered by residencies when I apply?

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[OveractiveBrain]

Literally and figuratively, honestly and truthfully, nothing premed matters.

Does 12 years in military service make you an interesting applicant? Yes. Does a criminal history involving incarceration for felony homicide hurt your chances? Yes. Does being a PhD with a pulbication in Nature help? Of course. But if you are a normal human being flowing through life on a relatively normal course, nothing you do matters for RESIDENCY. It impacts your admission to medical school, but 3.5 years later, who gives a **** what you did when you were a child (yes, college is still childhood).

 

[cpants]

Literally and figuratively, honestly and truthfully, nothing premed matters.

Does 12 years in military service make you an interesting applicant? Yes. Does a criminal history involving incarceration for felony homicide hurt your chances? Yes. Does being a PhD with a pulbication in Nature help? Of course. But if you are a normal human being flowing through life on a relatively normal course, nothing you do matters for RESIDENCY. It impacts your admission to medical school, but 3.5 years later, who gives a **** what you did when you were a child (yes, college is still childhood).

Disagree. They will not care about any extracurriculars from undergrad, with the possible exception of impressive athletic experience (D1 athlete, all-american, etc). However, any research you did in undergrad and gap year will be considered by residencies. Publications from this time should definitely go on your CV and will help your chances. Impressive jobs and military service prior to medical school will also definitely be viewed in a favorable light.

 

[DrYoda]

I agree with cpants. Pubs from any time period will look good.

 

[nogolfinsnow]

Literally and figuratively, honestly and truthfully, nothing premed matters.

Does 12 years in military service make you an interesting applicant? Yes. Does a criminal history involving incarceration for felony homicide hurt your chances? Yes. Does being a PhD with a pulbication in Nature help? Of course. But if you are a normal human being flowing through life on a relatively normal course, nothing you do matters for RESIDENCY. It impacts your admission to medical school, but 3.5 years later, who gives a **** what you did when you were a child (yes, college is still childhood).

I disagree when it comes to research. I did 2 years full time in a lab with publications before med school and it came up at literally every residency interview I did. If you're looking at academic residency programs they will like that you have serious research experience, which is a little harder to get in med school due to time constraints unless you take time off. The caveat is that the research will help a lot more if it's related to the same field you're going into.

 

[bioteach]

Yes. This is one of those cases where pre-med school stuff does matter. Most people that have research exp on their residency apps obtained it before med school.

 

[BigRedder]

It's called a Curriculum Vitae, not a Curriculum Med School.

 

[Yope]

It's called a Curriculum Vitae, not a Curriculum Med School.

How do you explain this?

http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept137886/files/139341.html

 

[ArcGurren]

Literally and figuratively, honestly and truthfully, nothing premed matters.

Does 12 years in military service make you an interesting applicant? Yes. Does a criminal history involving incarceration for felony homicide hurt your chances? Yes. Does being a PhD with a pulbication in Nature help? Of course. But if you are a normal human being flowing through life on a relatively normal course, nothing you do matters for RESIDENCY. It impacts your admission to medical school, but 3.5 years later, who gives a **** what you did when you were a child (yes, college is still childhood).

I'm fairly sure if you published or presented a poster as a premed that is taken into account... volunteer stuff doesn't, but research/academia always looks good

 

[chuck84]

I will have 6 publications before enrolling in med school this fall and I can't imagine those pubs having no impact on consideration for residency.

 

[chuck84]

On a separate note, are college GPAs or MCATs considered for residency?

 

[courtnes]

On a separate note, are college GPAs or MCATs considered for residency?

I don't believe so, but a med student or resident could answer that more confidently.

 

[CptCrunch]

On a separate note, are college GPAs or MCATs considered for residency?

Nope.

 

[TobiasFunkeMDFACS]

I disagree when it comes to research. I did 2 years full time in a lab with publications before med school and it came up at literally every residency interview I did. If you're looking at academic residency programs they will like that you have serious research experience, which is a little harder to get in med school due to time constraints unless you take time off. The caveat is that the research will help a lot more if it's related to the same field you're going into.

What if my research deals with the spine (ortho). But if I wanted to go into a different surgical field, would this be considered related to any surgical specialty? If not, would it still be better--as far as surgery goes--than publishing in another area, like autism genetics?

(More specifically, I'm looking at the cytotoxicity of spinal disk cells due to anesthetics and contrast agents used during certain procedures.)

 

[Untraditional]

Whoever said no has never read an actual professional CV.

If you're published in a peer reviewed journal or presented at a peer-reviewed conference its amateur NOT to include it on your app.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

Yes, research before medical school can (and should) be reported through ERAS when you apply. Many a friend have spoken about their work prior to medical school during their interviews. If it is results in a publication or presentation it will certainly matter.

Also, just to be clear, you can put all your research related stuff in your personal CV but no one I know has given their personal CV during the application process. You retype everything into ERAS.

 

[GoodmanBrown]

It's called a Curriculum Vitae, not a Curriculum Med School.

How do you explain this?

http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept137886/files/139341.html

By switching the words around?

Curriculum Med School /= Med School Curriculum.

Curriculum Vitae

 

[cpants]

I will have 6 publications before enrolling in med school this fall and I can't imagine those pubs having no impact on consideration for residency.

Don't worry, they will be considered.

On a separate note, are college GPAs or MCATs considered for residency?

Not at all. There is nowhere to enter it into the app, and no one will ask you about it. This falls into the same category as volunteer, shadowing, and extracurricular experiences in undergrad....irrelevant.

 

[nogolfinsnow]

What if my research deals with the spine (ortho). But if I wanted to go into a different surgical field, would this be considered related to any surgical specialty? If not, would it still be better--as far as surgery goes--than publishing in another area, like autism genetics?

(More specifically, I'm looking at the cytotoxicity of spinal disk cells due to anesthetics and contrast agents used during certain procedures.)

I really can't speak to the surgical specialties. I would suggest talking with the program director at your med school for the specific specialty you're interested in and asking how they would view your research and if in their mind it is also necessary to do something more directly related to your field of choice.

 

[Yope]

By switching the words around?

Curriculum Med School /= Med School Curriculum.

Curriculum Vitae

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