How important is research?

[Chicken Little]

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I'm a current M1 on Army HPSP and I was wondering how much of a requirement/how recommend it is to do research for say a neurological surgery or orthopedic surgery. I know there's only 1 spot for NS for all 3 branches and things can always change in the future, but I want to try and put myself in the best possible position.

Thanks!

 

[SirGecko]

You should have research if at all possible. Doesn’t need to be time consuming, a case report is pretty easy to do. Basically it’s extra points you are leaving on the table if you don’t do it.

 

[HighPriest]

It absolutely cannot hurt, and it absolutely will help. Is it necessary? No. But you’re lookin for a leg up in a competitive specialty. Especially for Ortho.

It’s far more important in ortho to increase your max press, however. You need to be working on that.