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Title sums it up. Medical student at T15 who has a fifth author pub in ortho and 5 projects in ortho that are frankly not panning out well. They've been written into manuscripts but are getting rejected my journals or are taking a while to publish.
I have a very jaded view of research. I came into medical school with so many ortho research opportunities offered to me which I took with the promise of publications. But so many of these projects have been tough to publish and I don't think will tbh.
I am now interested in anesthesiology but I'm in my 3rd year of medical school and am debating whether or not I should take on an anesthesiology research project during such a pivotal year of my life. I'm busy with clerkships and STEP 2 is in a few months. I want to spend any time I have outside of clerkships studying for shelves or STEP 2 or spending it with my partner, family, or friends. Not grinding away mindlessly at data collection for a research project that may or may not be presented/published.
But on the other side of it, some people are saying I should do a project to convey interest in the field and to try to present somewhere. I am so conflicted.
I feel I only have so much time. Should I try to invest some of it in research or should I focus my efforts on STEP 2 and clerkships? I don't know.
If possible I want to match at one of the top NY anesthesiology programs.
I have a very jaded view of research. I came into medical school with so many ortho research opportunities offered to me which I took with the promise of publications. But so many of these projects have been tough to publish and I don't think will tbh.
I am now interested in anesthesiology but I'm in my 3rd year of medical school and am debating whether or not I should take on an anesthesiology research project during such a pivotal year of my life. I'm busy with clerkships and STEP 2 is in a few months. I want to spend any time I have outside of clerkships studying for shelves or STEP 2 or spending it with my partner, family, or friends. Not grinding away mindlessly at data collection for a research project that may or may not be presented/published.
But on the other side of it, some people are saying I should do a project to convey interest in the field and to try to present somewhere. I am so conflicted.
I feel I only have so much time. Should I try to invest some of it in research or should I focus my efforts on STEP 2 and clerkships? I don't know.
If possible I want to match at one of the top NY anesthesiology programs.
