Do publications from undergrad count towards residency matching?

[Onigiri]

Hello SDN Community,

Do publications from undergrad count towards residency matching?

Thank you in advance!

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[justadream]

Of course they would. They count for life.

 

[Law2Doc]

As mentioned it will always be on the CV. But a residency that cares about research will still care about what you've done lately. This isn't merely a "more is better", check the box item. The guy who does similar research but in med school is going to have the better CV.

 

[mimelim]

Hello SDN Community,

Do publications from undergrad count towards residency matching?

Thank you in advance!

Stop thinking about things, "counting", it is not productive.

 

[MaxPlancker]

Yes, particularly if you managed to snag a first authorship in a "real", Pubmed indexed journal. While other authorships still count with different weights, it is difficult to gauge one's real contribution, especially as an undergrad, unless first author. However, you have to have a ***track-record*** of successful research...you have to be productive in different environments...and under different pressures. There are people who jump into the right lab at the right time and get a pub...never to be productive again (ok, maybe an exaggeration but you get the drift).

 

[Law2Doc]

Yes, particularly if you managed to snag a first authorship in a "real", Pubmed indexed journal. While other authorships still count with different weights, it is difficult to gauge one's real contribution, especially as an undergrad, unless first author. However, you have to have a ***track-record*** of successful research...you have to be productive in different environments...and under different pressures...

Having a "track record" requires that you continued on the track though. A good undergrad publication and nothing thereafter won't really suggest this. It might even suggest the opposite - that you checked a box and then were done.

 

[MaxPlancker]

Having a "track record" requires that you continued on the track though. A good undergrad publication and nothing thereafter won't really suggest this. It might even suggest the opposite - that you checked a box and then were done.

Uh that's what I said. "However, you have to have a ***track-record***..." not just pubs from undergrad.

 

[Green Grass]

Yes, they do. Keep working hard on em though, as recent is better than past.

 

[TrachCareIsFun]

Yes, particularly if you managed to snag a first authorship in a "real", Pubmed indexed journal. While other authorships still count with different weights, it is difficult to gauge one's real contribution, especially as an undergrad, unless first author. However, you have to have a ***track-record*** of successful research...you have to be productive in different environments...and under different pressures. There are people who jump into the right lab at the right time and get a pub...never to be productive again (ok, maybe an exaggeration but you get the drift).

I found this very informative but got stuck for a sec trying to figure out what curse word was being asterisked out.

 

[MaxPlancker]

I found this very informative but got stuck for a sec trying to figure out what curse word was being asterisked out.