Case reports = research experience?

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I've worked on a couple case reports recently. Should I list this under "experiences?" It just strikes me that since I didn't really spend time in a lab, that this isn't a real experience it's just a lit review and writing of a paper. I will be including the case reports in publications, but would like to know if I should list them here as well.

Any thoughts?

 

[humabot]

I've worked on a couple case reports recently. Should I list this under "experiences?" It just strikes me that since I didn't really spend time in a lab, that this isn't a real experience it's just a lit review and writing of a paper. I will be including the case reports in publications, but would like to know if I should list them here as well.

Any thoughts?

a resident just invited me to write a case report--how helpful are they on the app in applying? should i invest time? I feel like they are trying to get me to do all their work.

I would imagine if you published them then they would be under publications and not experiences.

 

[twilightdoc]

I've worked on a couple case reports recently. Should I list this under "experiences?" It just strikes me that since I didn't really spend time in a lab, that this isn't a real experience it's just a lit review and writing of a paper. I will be including the case reports in publications, but would like to know if I should list them here as well.

If your case report is just that- a description of an interesting case of "something", along with a brief discussion or literature review, then I wouldn't include that as research. But if you have a series of patients, a retrospective chart review, etc., then that might be considered "research". And anything published in a peer-reviewed journal should definitely be considered a publication. There is nothing wrong with listing a research project under "research" and also listing the resulting publication under "publications". And if the experience of working up the case reports was important to you, there is no harm in mentioning this in your personal statement. The important issues here are honesty and transparency.

 

[atsai3]

I've worked on a couple case reports recently. Should I list this under "experiences?" It just strikes me that since I didn't really spend time in a lab, that this isn't a real experience it's just a lit review and writing of a paper. I will be including the case reports in publications, but would like to know if I should list them here as well.

Any thoughts?

Research is research. Depending on how it is conducted, a systematic review can be a valuable learning experience and a valuable contribution to the literature. Many people get authorship just for being the rheumatologist who does the clinical evaluations for a study, or for being the ob/gyn who does the ultrasounds, or for being the lab monkey who did the pipetting. Just describe your specific roles and contributions clearly.

-AT.