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Hello, going into my first year of medical school in the fall. My school (Top 50 public) offers a very cool pathway that focuses on global health, for sure an interest of mine. The summer after M1 you go on a 6-8 week trip to a partner site where you conduct clinical research with a PI. However, the majority of the research is, as one might expect, primary care focused. This isnt a problem for me, but would going on this trip, and not doing research at my home institution during that summer, eliminate my chances for competitive specialties (derm, ortho, etc). I'm not set on either, and I could see myself doing global health with any speciality, but I was wondering if I might screw myself.