What should I do for last month of summer?

[txlxlxl]

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Hey guys I would really appreciate some suggestions on what I should do for the last month of summer.

Here's what I have so far:
Last summer - volunteer research
Sophomore year - EMT-I certification course w/ EMS clinical experience (50 hrs)
This summer - paid research program w/ 1 nearly complete publication and a couple more in-progress

I have a month of summer after the research program is over and I was thinking about volunteering at another research lab and shadowing a physician at my university.

Or do I stay in my home town and volunteer at rehab in a hospital for a few weeks?

1. Do I have enough research experience or should I find a lab at my university? Will volunteering in another lab be a waste of time?

2. How do I find physicians/surgeons to shadow?

3. What should I do????

 

[raltima07]

For #2, you can send emails out and call your own physician and such. You just have to milk your connections

 

[NickNaylor]

You can always have more research. If the EMS deal is all of the clinical experience you have, I would focus on that. See if you or anyone you know knows any physicians. That would be the easiest way to get the hook up for some shadowing.

 

[Ponger]

As a med student, I'd say just stay at home and enjoy the summer. Totally free time off is rare after college. You look like you're doing great on extracurriculars already. Just take some time off and enjoy life. Take a trip somewhere, read a book, go see the Hangover.

Finding a 3rd lab to volunteer is a total waste of time. If you're really dead-set on more research, find a way to stay in the lab your doing your program in for another month. That's not unusual.