Unrelated Basic Science Research During Medical School

[firsttimer123]

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I am attending medical school and I am curious on how basic science research is viewed for residency programs in regards to the research "requirement". I enjoy doing basic science work, but the issue is, it is going to be completely unrelated to my field of interest. For example, lets I do cell biology research and I am interested in orthopedics, ophthalmology, or another surgery based field. How will residency programs view the basic research I did? In other words, how do residencies view basic science work.

I understand it is 10x harder to publish, but its the only opportunity I may be presented at that moment. In addition, I believe it shows a much more commitment to research than doing case reports/etc. Why does it seem as if you have to determine your field of interest during M1-M2 as well to become competitive or is this just SDN myth? Thanks guys.

 

[LyMed]

Any research>no research. I wouldn’t disregard easily publishable articles like case reports or retrospective lit reviews either. While ideally you want to do research in your field of interest, I would hop on any opportunity now and maybe something else will come along.