MD Wet Lab vs. Clinical Research?

[kbear98]

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Will it be at my disadvantage to not have wet lab experience when applying to medical school? I am currently an RA at a UCSF clinical research center. My plan is to continue to work in this sphere, but should I also have wet lab experience? Does it matter?

 

[B-Lymphocyte]

Not to my knowledge this isn't a problem. Even if you had no research it is not an issue. It helps, but it's not necessary.

 

[Goro]

Will it be at my disadvantage to not have wet lab experience when applying to medical school? I am currently an RA at a UCSF clinical research center. My plan is to continue to work in this sphere, but should I also have wet lab experience? Does it matter?

Not at all! The whole idea being research is to learn something about the scientific principal. That includes studying clams in the South Seas, or working on oncogene function.