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Hello,
My first year of medical school is ending in a few weeks, and we start back up again mid-August. I did well in my classes, but don't have any EC's on my CV and with especially P/F Step 1 I'm starting to get worried if I'm setting myself back if I don't make use of this summer. I don't plan on matching into a hyper competitive specialty, and would like to keep my options open for IM at a mid-tier academic site.
From what I've read, it seems like the most common advice is to get involved in some kind of clinical research project over the summer. However, I don't have any research experience from undergrad, and am worried that it's too late to find something for this summer. Would it be a good idea to just start cold e-mailing professors and people from local hospitals/residency programs to ask for something to do?
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!
My first year of medical school is ending in a few weeks, and we start back up again mid-August. I did well in my classes, but don't have any EC's on my CV and with especially P/F Step 1 I'm starting to get worried if I'm setting myself back if I don't make use of this summer. I don't plan on matching into a hyper competitive specialty, and would like to keep my options open for IM at a mid-tier academic site.
From what I've read, it seems like the most common advice is to get involved in some kind of clinical research project over the summer. However, I don't have any research experience from undergrad, and am worried that it's too late to find something for this summer. Would it be a good idea to just start cold e-mailing professors and people from local hospitals/residency programs to ask for something to do?
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!