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[blankaflour]

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i am considering a career in highly competetive field & i am thinking of doing research .. the problem is i dont know when to do it 😕 i have only 2 months summer vacation is this enough period to do research ? i can NOT take any year off ... what can i do?
can any one share his experience?
if i decide to do it where do u suugest to do it?
PLEASE HELP

 

[Dimoak]

Are you doing the research yourself? If so, do you have any advanced degrees?

I think what you may want to consider is speaking to a researcher in either the academics or research and see if you can work under them as a research assistant. You'll learn alot about what it takes do research as well as some of the various aspects of it. 2 months is a decent enough time to do research depending on what topic you want to research.

If you're currently enrolled at a college or university, you may want to start by talking to some professors to see if they'd like any assistants; I think you'll find many of them to be more than willing to have an extra hand, as long as you show motivation. You'll probably learn alot about the researching process and maybe even earn some credit as well. Good luck!

 

[blankaflour]

i like the idea of research assistant but i do NOT want 2 do it in my medical school 👎
how can i arrange this in other medical school or research center =>any help?

 

[Law2Doc]

i like the idea of research assistant but i do NOT want 2 do it in my medical school 👎
how can i arrange this in other medical school or research center =>any help?

Can you be more specific about where you are in the process? Very few med schools have an only 8 week summer break, and many have research coordinators who assist students in lining up summer gigs, if they need it. There are quite a few research programs that run 6-8 weeks, although I agree that you probably won't likely get a paper out of it in that short a stint, unless you are really lucky. It's a bit hard to fathom that you are just starting now in trying to find a summer job, given that it is already well into May.

 

[synapse lapse]

Yeah my school has a program set up for students to do research during our 10 week summer break. I will be working on 2 projects, both chart reviews, which my mentor feels should produce publishable papers. Your school should have something set up for you, and yes you can do research during a summer break and even get published, many do it.

 

[vtucci]

Can you be more specific about where you are in the process? Very few med schools have an only 8 week summer break, and many have research coordinators who assist students in lining up summer gigs, if they need it. There are quite a few research programs that run 6-8 weeks, although I agree that you probably won't likely get a paper out of it in that short a stint, unless you are really lucky. It's a bit hard to fathom that you are just starting now in trying to find a summer job, given that it is already well into May.

Our summer break between our first and second year is less than 8 weeks. That being said, it is entirely possible to do a review article or case report.

 

[Law2Doc]

Our summer break between our first and second year is less than 8 weeks.

I didn't say all. But from what I've seen, the average is more like 10 weeks, and I've heard of schools with as much as 13 weeks off.

 

[jameslynton]

Hi blankaflour,
Your field has nothing to do with doing research, Having done research and published as a coauthor on 7 papers in journals this is how the game can be played.
1. Find out who is doing research in an area you are interested in. very important if you are not interested you will most likely belly flop or burn out.
2. E-mail or call them - they can be any where on the planet the net makes it possible. Use it!
3. See if they have openings or get a dialog going with them. Find out what they are curisous about or working on.
4. Get off you duff and show you have something that can add value to their work. Otherwise you will be known as a waste of breath and bandwidth.
5. What are your skills? Know them or get them - I got my foot in the door becuse I have statistic knowledge - SPSS, Fortran, and other computer skills. I also was a person who did early computer graphics.
6. Keep talking with those you admire.
7. Realize as the low person on the project you will get the S#%t work. Be proud and get it done fast.

 

[jameslynton]

sorry duplicate post

 

[blankaflour]

thank u all especially jameslynton
let me tell u my situation
what i am interested in is cancer research
but the dilemma is i know nothing about research
and nothing about research centers
but i am willing to do whatever it takes to do it
i am international student & i am willing to go any where US, UK or Canda 2 do it but i have no knowledge about the research centers there, especially cancer research centers 🙁 🙁 which i am interested in
2 months may be short🙁 but i know its worth it
iam dreaming of such overwhelming experience u got what i mean
😕

 

[jameslynton]

Hi blankaflour,
"I am interested in is cancer research" - So am I so let me tell you what I did. First, you can get to the Journal on Oncology on line. Second look for the hot new drugs (hint 17-AAG) do a search on the internet find out about BBC website a good place to start. 17-AAg works like an antibiotic more than a chemo drug.
Then find those people who have been doing clinical trials with it. E-mail them after you have done lots of reading - see review the literature (see above as a starting place). So you know what is current and don't sound like a waste of breath. This way you can talk to the researchers and know what is going on. Then ask them who is doing what. There are always studies on going. In the cancer field methods are discovered by mistake often. Find out the drugs used and what are their side effects (hint - hearing damage, heart valve damage, heart muscle damage, liver and kidney) See who is studying what there - Also subscript to MD Anderson's news letters.
Find places (hospitals where research is on going NIH, Sloan Ketterling, Dana Farber - Cleveland clinic - St Judes in Memphis.) see if they need help.
Skills needed by researcher you may not have - finding info in Journals, statistics - do you know what SPSS is? What is a random statified sample? Who founded the Journal Biometrica? These are go starting places.
hope this helps, Remember I am not even in medical school yet. Don't let a newbie kick your aspic around. LOL just joking We need all the help we can get.
PS also look at rare childhood cancers like Osteosarcoma's - There is only ONE researcher on this cancer in the US and the rate is going up.

 

[jameslynton]

Also look in cell biology for cancer - find out what the HSP-90 protein is and why it maybe the key to cures in cancer therapy instead of pallitive methods like chemo, surgery and raditaion. Also clean up your e-mail langage - few people in research use slang i, u, or you know what I mean, etc. They expect you to be well spoken in word and writing and therefore thought.

For researchers solid langage skills are very important. I know I could get the willy and people will try to take the mickey out of me for that statement - but researchers are a different group of folks. We like details. I got blessed out more than once because I misspoke on statistical methods and said generalizations in my younger days. Accuracy is everything....to them. I have seen articles slamming other articles because of trival math errors. By the way most statistician dislike the New England Journal of Medicine because they don't usegood statistical methods in articles - you figure. That use to be lunch talk. Dr N--- could get at least 45 minutes of heated discussion on just this topic.