I will be doing a research fellowship before medical school and am interested in doing clinical research in a surgical field. I am not totally sure what specialty I want to go into in the future, but if I were to do research in, say, a neurosurgery lab, and publish in that field, would that look odd if I hypothetically applied for a different surgical specialty or even a non-surgical field. If it wouldn't reflect poorly, would it help my application if I had that degree and publications in the different field?