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I think when you present it, you don’t have to play up the mistake/negligence. I think you could mention it since it’s part of what really happened. But framing your motivation more on how your relative’s illness affected you and caused you to want to help others (leaving the part out about doing it to prevent medical mistakes) would be a better presentation of your narrative in my opinion.Oh yeah I understand. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I was actually trying to keep that in mind while I was typing but I will have to figure out how to word it better.
So even public health, mental health research doesn’t count?Regarding research - This is a lower priority for nontrads. Many do just fine without any research experience beyond their lab classes. Keep doing your music research if you like it, but it's unnecessary. Be aware that, fair or not, some medical schools really mean "scientific research" when they talk about "research experience." I discussed my extensive social science research background on my application, and not one single medical school cared at all about it. They only wanted to talk about my basic science/bench research projects. One interviewer literally cut me off as I was starting to explain my social science research and said "No, we mean the project you did in Dr. X's lab, tell us about how you got involved in that."
So even public health, mental health research doesn’t count?
That makes sense, thanks!It's not that it "doesn't count". I'm sure any research can add interest to your application. But it has been my experience that when interviewers/adcoms talk about "research", they really care mostly about experimental research, i.e., hypothesis-driven projects that indicate you have a decent grasp of the scientific method and scientific research design.
Who knows. Like anything else, interest in your specific research will vary from person to person (especially if you luck out and get an interviewer that has a background in the field you did research in), but all I know is that everyone's eyes glazed over when I started talking about my psychology research projects - if they asked about it at all.
But whatever research you do - basic science or otherwise - it's not all that impactful either way for a medical school application, unless you're a PhD level researcher in your field. Do whatever research you like and find personally fulfilling, because it honestly doesn't really matter all that much.