Research Options

[ulikedaggers]

I go to a school with very few options for research. It's not a research school by any means and I am starting to lose hope that I'll be able to line something up between now and the beginning of summer. I also will not be able to fund living somewhere else for 8 weeks.

What other options are there for someone in my situation?

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[DirtyJustice]

Case reports if there is literally 0 research. Find an interesting case and write it up.

Although, I think if you look a little harder there is someone somewhere on your campus doing a clinical something or another.

 

[Chrissisissi]

There are research programs separate from your school that will pay you. The ones that I applied to deadlines have passed. I would do a google search and also look at nearby med schools/ hospitals websites. I think some medschool a open these programs up to outside students. Also ask your dean if they know of any such programs.

 

[ulikedaggers]

Case reports if there is literally 0 research. Find an interesting case and write it up.

Although, I think if you look a little harder there is someone somewhere on your campus doing a clinical something or another.

There are research programs separate from your school that will pay you. The ones that I applied to deadlines have passed. I would do a google search and also look at nearby med schools/ hospitals websites. I think some medschool a open these programs up to outside students. Also ask your dean if they know of any such programs.

Thanks for the suggestions. I am actually just about to submit a case report, but I know they don't carry as much weight on your CV as an actual research study.

Also, there are options for research, but not in the fields I am interested in (mainly the "competitive" specialties) and I don't know if being published in an unrelated field would actually be beneficial. I did apply for some of the paid research programs around the country, but I doubt I'll get accepted considering I have absolutely no research background.

 

[JJMrK]

Talk with upperclassmen going into the specialty you're interested in. They should be able to point you toward someone doing something, and may even have projects they need help with/are sick of and are willing to share authorship (especially post-interview MS4s).

 

[evilbooyaa]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am actually just about to submit a case report, but I know they don't carry as much weight on your CV as an actual research study.

Also, there are options for research, but not in the fields I am interested in (mainly the "competitive" specialties) and I don't know if being published in an unrelated field would actually be beneficial. I did apply for some of the paid research programs around the country, but I doubt I'll get accepted considering I have absolutely no research background.

Can't really help with your OP, but if you're going into something non-competitive, research in nearly any field will be seen as a benefit.