Disadvantage to having pediatric research?

[Justyouraveragestudent]

I'm wondering if there are any disadvantages to doing pediatric sub specialty research and then end up going into the adult sub specialty field. For instance, doing peds neurosurg research but then going into adult neuro, peds cardio then doing adult cardio etc.

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[Bonejorno]

Research is research. If you know what you want to do, it helps to do research in that field. It’s shows interest in the field and is something easy and interesting to talk about during interviews. But if not, that’s cool too for the most part. Having research will never hurt you unless for some reason the interviewer or the program thinks they’re your backup. Having pubs in any field shows that you know how to operate within the scientific method, start and finish something, and ultimate be productive in research of your matched specialty.

I think some fields do want to see some research in their field more than others though. I may be completely off base or biased but ortho and derm comes to mind.

 

[IlDestriero]

Research in pretty much any field will give you a better understanding of what’s involved in carrying out a protocol, chart review, etc. statistics, scientific writing, etc. That’s all transferable to whatever else you decide to research.

 

[studentdocftw]

For the initial residency I'd imagine it would be fine...seeing as peds and IM aren't very research heavy except for the top 20 programs or so. After that, any kind of research will be a bonus as many applicants wont have any for those 2 fields.