Not sure if you read the whole thread over on the MD student forum, but there was a long discussion about how med students inflate their pub numbers: triple counting abstract-poster-presentation, presenting essentially the same thing everywhere, you name it. Not a lot of people have, say, 5.6 first author manuscripts, and even people who do don't always publish in the best of journals. Even though the M1 summer is usually the only dedicated time to do research, it's not hard to reach out and see if there are any clinical projects you can get in on during the year.
Thanks. What should I focus on besides research then?
Focus on Step 1 First lol.. Thats Step #1 literally. Then worry about other stuff. You have all of MS3 and part of MS4 to do research.
No way is that true for Derm, Neuro surgery, ortho, Plastic, and Rad-Onc. There has to be some inflation and shady stuff going on to have 19+ abstracts/presentations/publications. I'm pretty sure statistical analyses would show there are discrepancies. But again, one doesn't really have to do much to get listed as an author, as long as the other people are nice and willing to give you credit.... Or people in those fields took a research year to get publications? I have a cousin who literally took 2 research years just to get into Derm and he was a great student. Thats possible too.. Probably not what the typical medical student does though. Those are certainly outliers.
If you can't network, hobbies, practice being more 'fun', and interviewing.
those numbers include college experiences. I think you're overworrying, just look at the PD survey. I'm sure a portion of the applicants were doing research with the intent to apply to a different specialty then ended up going with psychiatry.
even for DO students? it's not a requirement for graduation.
Comlex level 2 is a requirement, I took that. I didn't take step 2 yet.
I agree. I actually am happy my Step 1 contained a numerical number since I did above average than others matching into Psych and DO candidates overall. And I did way better on Step 1 than that God awful Level 1 Comlex.
thankfully I'm doing those EC related to psych. But def doing lots of research as well
I wonder if this includes research done in undergrad. I contributed to two publications in undergrad that had nothing to do with psychiatry or clinical medicine. I matched in psychiatry. I wonder if "mode" and "median" should be included in these charts as the mean is skewed by outliers
not necessarily, if your a DO they can use Comlex level 2. I'm taking Step 2, but you don't necessarily need it for all programs as a DO student.
You should do what rotation you want to do.
But what if there is an opportunity to work in something psych related in lieu of a rotation? I already have 2 psych rotations, not sure if doing another 1 is better than getting work experience in Psych. It'll def be hard to do both at the same time.
Thanks for your answer. If I were to do another rotation, I would have 4 completed before ERAS opened (1 during MS3 and 3 during MS4), but if I didn't do child psych I'd have completed 3 only (Only 2 during MS4). Something I have to think about..
I am not familiar with having time off rotations to work during third and fourth year. This is a new concept to me.
I never said that. I talked about working during rotations.
"But what if there is an opportunity to work in something psych related in lieu of a rotation"
That doesn't mean I would work in between 3rd and 4th year, that means I would work and do a virtual elective not an 'in person rotation.' Sorry if it wasn't clear before
