Medical students doing research at another medical school

[pizzaboy4222]

Can medical students from one school be allowed to do long-term research at another medical school that's nearby? Is that common- or is that frowned upon?
For example, can a McGovern medical student do long-term biology research at Baylor College of Medicine given how close the two schools are together? Just wondering.

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[THEBACKANDFORTH]

I'd just briefly email the appropriate dean or faculty at your school of your wish to do research at baylor and go from there. I cant imagine anybody would admonish you for that question

 

[JoaoMoutinho]

I remember from interviewing for the MSTP at one of those schools that there is a fellowship that allows MD/PhD students to do work at the other university (going both ways). I agree with the other poster that reaching out to the appropriate dean to see what your options are would be a good place to start.

 

[NickNaylor]

Probably, but the challenge can be institutional hurdles. Even if two institutions are geographically close, they are bureacratically distinct entities, which means that you need to get onboarded as a student, get access to whatever systems are needed to do your work, become familiar with the new system, etc. etc. This may be a bit of a deterrent for faculty to work with outside students, but I would be surprised if your institution or the "host" institution had a blanket policy against working with outside students.

 

[bceagle411]

I know someone who does exactly this and its worked out great for him

 

[Schwifty]

I know people at my school that do this

 

[ooh a bean]

My school has very limited research opportunities, so many of my classmates and I are doing research at other institutions up to an hour and a half away.

 

[deleted1006988]

It's really common at my school (SLU students doing research at WUSM). As long as you get written approval from your home school everything should be ok.

One thing to note is that your home school may want to vet the other school's IRB and other regulations to make sure they are consistent. Make sure you're on top of this so there's no issues with publications later on.