I'm a second year medical student at a DO school.
In undergrad, I had some social anxiety and was always really afraid to speak to professors - making it hard for me to make my way into the lab. Thankfully, I made up for it in other ways and am in med school now.
But now, I'm in my second year, have no lab time, no publications, nothing. And I kind of feel like I've set myself up for failure - kind of a "how can I get into research when getting into research requires prior experience in research", etc. etc. etc.
Being at a DO school, opportunities are more rare and even when there are opportunities, I feel like they go to students who have higher GPAs - totally valid, but puts me at another disadvantage.
Can anyone speak to what I can do? I'm not raring to go into a competitive specialty - at this point I'm thinking peds (though who knows if that'll change come third year), but in the future, I'd like to not limit myself were I to sub specialize or want to pursue a fellowship or residency that values research.
In undergrad, I had some social anxiety and was always really afraid to speak to professors - making it hard for me to make my way into the lab. Thankfully, I made up for it in other ways and am in med school now.
But now, I'm in my second year, have no lab time, no publications, nothing. And I kind of feel like I've set myself up for failure - kind of a "how can I get into research when getting into research requires prior experience in research", etc. etc. etc.
Being at a DO school, opportunities are more rare and even when there are opportunities, I feel like they go to students who have higher GPAs - totally valid, but puts me at another disadvantage.
Can anyone speak to what I can do? I'm not raring to go into a competitive specialty - at this point I'm thinking peds (though who knows if that'll change come third year), but in the future, I'd like to not limit myself were I to sub specialize or want to pursue a fellowship or residency that values research.