Gina Lawson
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What type of involvement with research is beneficial/expected? Animal or unrelated? Administrative versus hands-on? Any details would be appreciated!
It's not really expected in the way that I get the impression human med is. There are plenty of successful applicants every year who have never set foot in a lab or field study and never will. There are also applicants coming in with research experience that is only tangentially related to vet med (or not related to it at all, though most biomedical research can translate well). I think the process behind being a successful researcher is more important than the focus of the research itself; research teaches you how to be an independent investigator, builds problem solving skills, teaches you to communicate complex concepts to a wide variety of audiences; these are all the benefits that generalize well across all types of research.What type of involvement with research is beneficial/expected? Animal or unrelated? Administrative versus hands-on? Any details would be appreciated!