Taking a year off

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Tool_fan

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I am strongly considering taking a year off during my 3rd and 4th years to do one or all of the following:

1.) Learn spanish/do Latin American clinical work (6 months)
2.) Cardiology research(my interest) here at my med school(6 months)..which would continue into my fourth year I'm assuming


...is this a feasible goal for one year's time?, and will this greatly or only moderately increase my residency application standing/status?--though the latter is not a huge concern of mine. Thanks Has anyone else taken a year off?