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Gap year jobs
Started by el799
I’ve taught English in Italy, worked at a grocery store in Colorado, and worked as an assistant at a small engineering company. Did just about 0 medical related stuff. Just do something cool and unique that you like doing unless you need to fill holes in your app
Do what you like but doing the traditional research gap year job did not get me into med school but set me up on the path to my specialty of choice.
To clarify I got into med school but the job was definitely not the reason. But it helped set me on the path to my field of choice.
Do they count undergradresearch/research done before medical school for residency applications?
Yes everything counts. It counts more if it's related to the field you applied in which for me it just happened to work out that it did. Even now on the job interview trail people have brought up that time period and people I met there which is kind of surprising. But most specialties don't care much about research productivity in residency applicants, mine just happens to care.
I suggest medical scribing or medical assisting. If you scribe, look for a position that is independent from the large scribe companies. You really can't beat scribing since you're working one-on-one with a physician and you will be a master of SOAP notes come med school.
Yeah I plan to pursue emergency med, research will be a small part of my application. I’ll continue working fun jobs lol
What is your residency if you don’t mind sharing?
Sorry I do for anonymity's sake. It is a competitive specialty though, and so therefore I'm well aware my experience is not widely applicable to the vast majority of medical students. Also not even among all competitive specialties is there the same standard when it comes to whether you need research or what amount of research is necessary to match.
