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[TheMightyAngus]

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I recently completed a research project in a specialty I'm no longer interested in. The good thing is that it looks like I'll have three abstracts that will be submitted to conferences next year with the potential for three oral presentations.

I know that: publications >> oral presentations>> abstracts. My question is: should I be content to have these papers presented at conferences, or should I put the extra work in and collect enough data for a journal article?

Granted, I'm no longer interested in the specialty and would be happy to wrap this up. But, I am wondering whether it is worth it to make the extra push for some publications.

 

[gbwillner]

I recently completed a research project in a specialty I'm no longer interested in. The good thing is that it looks like I'll have three abstracts that will be submitted to conferences next year with the potential for three oral presentations.

I know that: publications >> oral presentations>> abstracts. My question is: should I be content to have these papers presented at conferences, or should I put the extra work in and collect enough data for a journal article?

Granted, I'm no longer interested in the specialty and would be happy to wrap this up. But, I am wondering whether it is worth it to make the extra push for some publications.

It sounds like you are a med student doing short projects in your interested field. As far as I'm concerned, you are right about the importance of papers over everything else. They will ALWAYS help you, not matter what the field. I'm sure it's nice to have abstracts, but they mean little. More importantly, if you are no longer interested in that specialty- are you still going to attend conferences for that specialty? Wouldn't your time be better spent elsewhere? And do you have to retract the submission if you DON'T attend the meeting?

 

[TheMightyAngus]

More importantly, if you are no longer interested in that specialty- are you still going to attend conferences for that specialty? Wouldn't your time be better spent elsewhere? And do you have to retract the submission if you DON'T attend the meeting?

Yeah, I'm still going to attend the conferences and present the abstracts even though I'm not going into the field. My med school factors research prowess into AOA selection. Plus, good practice.