I recently got an offer to do research and be involved as a primary author in studies at a hospital in the field of psychiatry. I'm wondering if taking this research opportunity is a good idea which would delay medical school by a year. Does research really help get residency positions? I will be applying to study medicine abroad so I'm hoping that by taking this position I will be at an advantage, I'm not sure if I will be...wondering if it will really be an advantage or does it not matter if I end up going abroad to the UK to study medicine...in the end i plan on practicing medicine in Canada
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Research before medical school has nothing to do with getting into residencies. Residency programs will be interested in what you did during medical school.
You will not be at any particular advantage by doing research during a year off from school. Thousands of other premeds do the exact same thing. But research will help your app assuming the other parts are up to par (i.e., it won't make up for a low GPA)
Don't jump and conclude that this job will turn into a first author project...nobody ever knows where research is going and if a paper will be accepted. Don't buy the hype.
Nobody here knows anything about studying medicine in the UK.
You should try to get into a Canadian/US school if you want to practice in Canada.
You will not be at any particular advantage by doing research during a year off from school. Thousands of other premeds do the exact same thing. But research will help your app assuming the other parts are up to par (i.e., it won't make up for a low GPA)
Don't jump and conclude that this job will turn into a first author project...nobody ever knows where research is going and if a paper will be accepted. Don't buy the hype.
Nobody here knows anything about studying medicine in the UK.
You should try to get into a Canadian/US school if you want to practice in Canada.
