I was wondering how much this plays a role. I'll be an MS1 in a few days. In undergrad, I was a psych major and worked for 4 years at a cognitive psych lab. I got a few poster presentations and a talk out of it, and developed/ran my own experiment as an Honors thesis.
It's not exactly psychiatry research, but it did lead to my current interest in psychiatry/neuroscience (which I understand isn't a given that i'd go for psychiatry or neurology).
Is this something I can mention on ERAS? I expect research done in medical school will be weighted way higher, but could something like this help in demonstrating interest in the field? Also my med school doesn't have a psychiatry residency so wonder I may not be able to do as much research in the field, as i've heard students often can get more research opportunities with residents and faculty in those departments.
It's not exactly psychiatry research, but it did lead to my current interest in psychiatry/neuroscience (which I understand isn't a given that i'd go for psychiatry or neurology).
Is this something I can mention on ERAS? I expect research done in medical school will be weighted way higher, but could something like this help in demonstrating interest in the field? Also my med school doesn't have a psychiatry residency so wonder I may not be able to do as much research in the field, as i've heard students often can get more research opportunities with residents and faculty in those departments.