Count as research?

[moosen]

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I'm doing an independent research project with my genetics professor for an honors contract. I'm not trying to answer any unsolved questions, but am typing a ~25 paper on cystic fibrosis. I meet with the professor for 1-2 hours every week to discuss my research. There is no lab component.

Does anyone count this as research on your med school application?

 

[vickpick]

I don't think so.

 

[Catalystik]

Did you start with a hypothesis, and use other people's work to gather data to support or refute it? Are you somehow adding to human knowledge via a scholarly approach? Is the work potentially publishable? This may well be a research paper for college purposes, but is not necessarily "Research" as is meant in the med school application process.

 

[typhoonegator]

If you wrote a paper on Dwight D. Eisenhower, you would have to look up a bunch of stuff to get background information about him, but you wouldn't list that as research on your application. Just because you are learning about CF instead of Eisenhower doesn't really change the situation. Sorry.

 

[LizzyM]

What you are doing might be called a review of the literature.... are you using original source material (e.g. journal articles about original research)?

If you were a history major doing library research and using source documents to analyze a historic event or person, then you could call it research... it is more of a stretch in the natural sciences.

I would not recommend putting that on the AMCAS application as a research experience, if that is what you are asking.

 

[ponyo]

I think it counts as research if it's some sort of meta-analysis or review and you can submit it to journals and stuff. Otherwise probably not. And even if it counts it wouldn't be quite as legit...

 

[glasshalfMD]

I'm doing an independent research project with my genetics professor for an honors contract. I'm not trying to answer any unsolved questions, but am typing a ~25 paper on cystic fibrosis. I meet with the professor for 1-2 hours every week to discuss my research. There is no lab component.

Does anyone count this as research on your med school application?

Not sure about your question. Though it is a self-motivating interest and I would definitely write about it somewhere.

Really, I just wanted to tell you that I prefer to call many moose "meesen," but that's just me. I love your name and picture 😳

Good luck w/ everything!

 

[mmmcdowe]

I'm doing an independent research project with my genetics professor for an honors contract. I'm not trying to answer any unsolved questions, but am typing a ~25 paper on cystic fibrosis. I meet with the professor for 1-2 hours every week to discuss my research. There is no lab component.

Does anyone count this as research on your med school application?

A historical review can be submitted as a review article to a journal, but it is not considered the same level as a real scientific publication and your project does not sound like this is the intent.

 

[moosen]

Not sure about your question. Though it is a self-motivating interest and I would definitely write about it somewhere.

Really, I just wanted to tell you that I prefer to call many moose "meesen," but that's just me. I love your name and picture 😳

Good luck w/ everything!

You'll probably appreciate this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWzYaZDK6Is&feature=related

To everyone else: thanks for the feedback. I knew it was a stretch, but thanks for crushing my dreams you heartless bastards. (just a joke)