Research for Indepwndent Plastic Surgery Fellowship

[angleoflouise]

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Do you need research to have a chance at matching a plastics fellowship? I am debating whether I need to take two years off my gen surg residency to do it but the thought of wasting two years vs completing gen surg residency is painful. Thanks!

 

[maxheadroom]

Definitely not necessary. Would be useful to see if you can get involved in some sort of clinical research project, just to get your name on a paper or two.

 

[angleoflouise]

What if i publish a bunch of case reports? Would that be adequate? Thx

 

[maxheadroom]

It's better than nothing. Some sort of chart review/retrospective study would be better, though.

 

[stevio99]

When I interviewed last year, evry serious candidate had research. Many were seniors doing fellowship as well. With Obamacare looming, I'd expect PS to become more cutthroat

 

[SDplastics]

Wrong message sorry, deleted.