Research Question

[ENTDoc45]

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Would doing research in a particular specialty during undergrad and getting a publication out of it benefit for when applying to residencies? For example doing research in neurology and getting a publication during college, would that publication benefit you in the match later on?

 

[Ophthoseidon]

If you want to match neurology it probably wouldn't hurt, but what you do in med school matters much more. That 1 pub won't mean much in the grand scheme of things but it is usable.

 

[ENTDoc45]

Thank you @opthoseidon!

 

[sat0ri]

If you want to match neurology it probably wouldn't hurt, but what you do in med school matters much more. That 1 pub won't mean much in the grand scheme of things but it is usable.

Neurology? Do you mean neurosurgery? From what I can see, match rates for neurology are only slightly above average (i.e., only moderately competitive) as opposed to the well-known competitiveness of neurosurgery. I'm can't figure out if you made a mistake, pulled neurology out of a hat, or simply know something that I don't.

 

[ENTDoc45]

Applying to more competitive places for residences in neurology such as mayo or harvard would require to go a little above and beyond which would require some publications. But in the whole it's not significant to have pubs to match into neurology from my understand.

 

[Ophthoseidon]

Neurology? Do you mean neurosurgery? From what I can see, match rates for neurology are only slightly above average (i.e., only moderately competitive) as opposed to the well-known competitiveness of neurosurgery. I'm can't figure out if you made a mistake, pulled neurology out of a hat, or simply know something that I don't.

OP posted he was going to publish a paper in neurology. I was just saying that due to it being in that field, if he was trying to match it would show his commitment to the field. I know neurology is not super competitive, I was just using that example for that reason