Multiple summer projects?

[addy]

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Hello friends,

I will be at a powerhouse institution this summer and have gotten 3 docs in 3 different fields to let me do clinical research with them--each one of them publishes a lot (12+ papers) per year. I haven't been told the exact projects yet, but I'm guessing they will be chart reviews.

Having said that, is it feasible to try to do 3 different projects to completion or is it better to just do 1? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I'm just curious if it's realistic to expect to be working on 3 different projects (as first author) and get them all published.

Thank you in advance!

 

[redblue]

Unless you have amazing time management skills, I would stick to one. You don't want to say yes to three people, end up disappointing all three because you couldn't fully dedicate yourself to any project, and then leave terrible impressions with all of them. Because they publish so often, not leaving a good impression on them may adversely affect connections to other big-names in their specialties

 

[JJMrK]

Hello friends,

I will be at a powerhouse institution this summer and have gotten 3 docs in 3 different fields to let me do clinical research with them--each one of them publishes a lot (12+ papers) per year. I haven't been told the exact projects yet, but I'm guessing they will be chart reviews.

Having said that, is it feasible to try to do 3 different projects to completion or is it better to just do 1? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I'm just curious if it's realistic to expect to be working on 3 different projects (as first author) and get them all published.

Thank you in advance!

If you have some experience doing similar research it would certainly be possible. A better idea, IMO, would be to start with the PI doing work that's most interesting to you and request a second project if you're able to complete the first. You'd likely get to know the person better that way, and you'll be able to bang out the second project more quickly since you know what the PI wants.