Non-research publications

[BurghStudent]

What is the general consensus on non-research publications in terms of residency applications? I surely wouldn't equate writing commentaries and book reviews to publishing original research, and I wouldn't group the two either on a CV, but are these writing projects worthwhile at all? What if they're in prestigious journals?

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[BurghStudent]

Bump. I'm talking about something like this:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1316367

 

[evilbooyaa]

If you get anything published in NEJM, it's solid.

I don't think it can hurt, but if you go to less reputable journals, it will help you less and less.

 

[dyspareunia]

Probably not as helpful as research pubs, but still better than no pubs.