MS1 with research/residency question

[blastokine]

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As the title states, I'm a current MS1 and am interested by many different specialties. This Summer I'll be conducting public health research. My question is, how important is it for your research experiences to be in the same field as what you want to specialize/do residency in?

For example lets say I want to do neurosurgery by the time I'm applying for residency. Would the neurosurgery residency programs even consider the publications/posters/presentations that I will get from my public health research this Summer?

Thanks in advance.

 

[gutonc]

If you're going for a gunner specialty (Derm, neurosurgery, urology, plastics, etc), you're going to need research in that area. Otherwise, for most other residencies...research is research.