Undergrad Research in Medical School

[helloworld172]

Hello, I'm entering medical school this coming fall and I'm curious how prior research experience could help while I'm in medical school? I did prior research in the materials science field, and I published roughly 10 papers with 2 being first author.

I assume I can't put any of these research items onto my residency application so should I use this prior research experience to hopefully get involved in some projects while in school? I hope to do ortho and I'm just curious on the transition from basic science research to clinical research.

TIA

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[phonyreal98]

Publications are forever and you can and should put those research items onto residency applications

 

[GoSpursGo]

As above, research is forever and will certainly help you. You do however need to get ortho-specific research while in school. Your prior publication track record should likely make you attractive to prospective PIs