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Is it bad to do hospitalist medicine for 1-2 years before pursuing A/I fellowship? I have a lot of research background that is marketable to A/I and am ultimately interested in developing novel immunotherapeutics or vaccines in industry or academia. For financial/family reasons, doing a 1-2 year hospitalist gig would potentially be very helpful. Is it frowned upon and does it significantly lower chances of matching, especially if I am not doing extra research during the hospitalist years (haven't done any during residency) and am really resting on my basic science PhD to prove my interest/competence in research during fellowship and beyond?