Double count research?

[Tiran145]

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Hi all,

quick question about reporting research on my CV and for residency. First off can or should one include research done as an undergraduate? Second can research that was presented twice such as the same poster presented at two separate conferences or a publication and a poster about the same research be listed twice or as one experience in the residency application. Just trying to gauge how many projects I actually have and will need to have in the few few years. Thanks!

 

[deleted915325]

People will probably disagree with me on this as they often do on this site with CV related research info, but coming from a strong research background with appreciation for non-watered down CVs, I would say definitely put undergrad pubs. You did the work and pubs are forever (unless they get redacted of course). If you presented the same poster at multiple conferences only put the more prestigious conference. If they are of the same prestige, put the one that makes your research productivity look more continuous in terms of chronology. My mentors with strong academic prowess have said they will be immediately skeptical of an applicant who cites the same poster at multiple conferences. This is because material is supposed to be "novel" if you are submitting it for presentation. People do present at multiple conferences all the time but its sort of a no-no and you'd be best keeping it on the DL. Regarding the last point, If you presented a poster and then published as a paper, put both but in the appropriate sections (i.e. poster presentations and refereed articles, respectively).

EDIT: Please heed my warning on the duplicate poster. I may be a med student but my research background is stronger than many faculty. While some individuals reviewing your app won't care or notice, there is a good chance that someone at a research-powerhouse will. I have seen this condemn more than one residency applicant while sitting in on meetings at the previous program I worked at.

 

[Tiran145]

People will probably disagree with me in this as they often do with CV related research info, but coming from a strong research background with appreciation for non-watered down CVs, I would say definitely put undergrad pubs. You did the work and pubs are forever (unless they get redacted of course). If you presented the same poster at multiple conferences only put the more prestigious conference. If they are of the same prestige, put the one that makes your research productivy look more continuous in terms of chronology. If you presented a poster and then published as a paper, put both but in the appropriate sections

Awesome thanks!

 

[Goro]

It is definitely OK to double dip posters given at difference places.

 

[OnePunchBiopsy]

If you do a project that you present (poster, podium) and later gets published as a manuscript (not just the abstract from the presentation), you can put both the publication and presentation on your CV.

You can definitely put published research from undergrad in your CV.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Hi all,

quick question about reporting research on my CV and for residency. First off can or should one include research done as an undergraduate? Second can research that was presented twice such as the same poster presented at two separate conferences or a publication and a poster about the same research be listed twice or as one experience in the residency application. Just trying to gauge how many projects I actually have and will need to have in the few few years. Thanks!

Yes, you can include research done as an undergraduate.

Regarding double dipping, you definitely can include both a pub+poster in separate sections. Whether or not to double dip on a poster that was presented twice is more of a judgement call. If they're both well-recognized national meetings then I wouldn't say it's WRONG to include both, but I do think having one clearly better conference and a local/regional conference listed for the same poster looks bad.

 

[MSTP18]

You should never have the *same* poster at multiple conferences - doesn’t matter how prestigious they are. You can have *similar* posters at different conferences though as a project evolves over time with more data.

 

[DameJulie]

Definitely OK to include undergrad research pubs, they don't expire 🙂

Also OK to double-dip poster+pub on the same project. I presented a poster and then eventually published that project. Put both on my med school app and was not questioned.