Research Field

[Jabronie]

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I feel as though this has probably been asked before but after a (limited) search i didn't find anything that quite answered my question. So the question i pose to you all is this...

i'm looking to ultimately apply for medical school (im in my junior year of undergrad right now) so of course i am working on all of my extracurriculars. i have a research position in an environmental science lab studying the properties of nanoparticles (aggregation, effects when exposed to high energy light) such as TiO2. Now, given that my major is biology with medical school being my goal, should i look to get into a more biology oriented lab or is my field of research close enough to where i can keep doing work in it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[hiyaman]

Your research sounds good.

 

[gettheleadout]

Research need not be related to biology/medicine at all to be a relevant experience for medical school.

 

[Charles_Carmichael]

Conducting research itself, no matter what field, shows that you're capable of critical thinking, etc. That's always a good thing to have on your CV. If this area of research interests you, stay in it. Med schools don't require research (unless you're pursuing an MSTP or a program like CCLCM) and they certainly don't require that research be conducted in the field of biology. You also do not have to be a bio major in order to be able to pursue medicine.

 

[Jabronie]

Research need not be related to biology/medicine at all to be a relevant experience for medical school.

Okay, thanks. I just wasnt sure if admissions looked favorably on experience in biological subjects. I guess in essence my research is of biological nature but i dont really deal with organic molecules (not thus far at least), though we have begun experimenting on pig skin to see if we could see anything of importance.

I guess ill stay put, thanks for the info. 👍

 

[gettheleadout]

Conducting research itself, no matter what field, shows that you're capable of critical thinking, etc. That's always a good thing to have on your CV. If this area of research interests you, stay in it. Med schools don't require research (unless you're pursuing an MSTP or a program like CCLCM) and they certainly don't require that research be conducted in the field of biology. You also do not have to be a bio major in order to be able to pursue medicine.

Yep, and to expand on this, you really don't even need to be a bio major to do bio research lol.