I'm going to have zero published research when I apply to residency, will this be an issue?

[ohmanwaddup]

I have plenty of extracurriculars and leadership positions. President of a club, AHEC Scholars, volunteering, experience working for an EMR company. Step of 231. I want to do Med-Peds. I'm working on a research project on factors that influence HPV vaccination, but I don't expect it to go anywhere and certainly not to be published.

I know the above extra curriculars are considered "useless" by the SDN community when compared to published research, but I figured doing them because I genuinely enjoy them was better than having nothing.

Will having zero published research be a serious impact when matching for residency? Charting outcomes would seem to indicate no for DO students, but the vast majority of matched MD applicants had research.

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[Lawpy]

I think when applicants "had research", it's referring to they were working on something and listed it as a research experience. So technically, you have research and can list it.

If you want to play the ERAS game, try to present your findings in a school poster or a local meeting.

It's actually harder and rare to get good peer reviewed journal articles. The "pubs" in charting outcomes are usually garbage.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Depends on the specialty, but no it probably won't be an issue.

 

[Davidfromcali]

I think when applicants "had research", it's referring to they were working on something and listed it as a research experience. So technically, you have research and can list it.

If you want to play the ERAS game, try to present your findings in a school poster or a local meeting.

It's actually harder and rare to get good peer reviewed journal articles. The "pubs" in charting outcomes are usually garbage.

This is so true. I go to a research powerhouse and even the students in my school have straight up fluff on there CV’s.
I remember meeting a second year whose interested in a surgical sub with six papers. Taking a closer look, these paper weren’t really impressive at all.

It seems like the research game is more of a opportunity to build relationships and connections within a small field and not a opportunity to add significantly to the literature. Just don’t think med students are in the position to really do so.

 

[DameJulie]

You will be ok for Med/Ped! Not all med students get their research published by ERAS time.