Interventional Clinical research possible as med student?

[def1]

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I've always been very interested in interventional clinical research? I always like reading studies that test different treatments to see which is more effective. I'm just wondering if this is realistic as a medical student. I wouldn't want to just read charts and analyze the data, I would like to actually be part of the experimental design and set up.

I've done bench research for about a year and I don't enjoy it at all. The only bench research I would consider appealing would have to deal with animal research geared towards medical treatments.

So can anyone answer how feasible it is to being a med student and being a significant part of the clinical research? I wouldn't mind doing data analysis and stats for publications but I'd prefer to have a long term clinical project if thats possible.

 

[Kahreek]

nope.

 

[GUH]

I've always been very interested in interventional clinical research? I always like reading studies that test different treatments to see which is more effective. I'm just wondering if this is realistic as a medical student. I wouldn't want to just read charts and analyze the data, I would like to actually be part of the experimental design and set up.

I've done bench research for about a year and I don't enjoy it at all. The only bench research I would consider appealing would have to deal with animal research geared towards medical treatments.

So can anyone answer how feasible it is to being a med student and being a significant part of the clinical research? I wouldn't mind doing data analysis and stats for publications but I'd prefer to have a long term clinical project if thats possible.

Med students could probably do an educational intervention/behavior modification.

 

[alpinism]

This type of research takes many months or even years to properly set up (design, IRB approval, implementation) and even longer to run (data collection, evaluation, analysis).

Very unlikely to be a part of one from start to finish in med school. Maybe you could help out on a project already in progress.