Chapter Summary by: Faith Quenzer, Vice President, Medical Student Council
● Should you do research or other forms of
scholarly projects in medical school?
○ Depends
on your interests
○ Formal
research and publication of a manuscript is highly regarded as the most
valuable form of academic involvement and skill
○ Research
projects can be presented at conferences
● Is research for everyone?
○ Benefits
of participating in research can include:
■ Meeting faculty and residents in the ED
■ Attend a conference to present a poster
■ Publishing potential
■ Demonstrates an interest and commitment to EM
■ Efforts on a research project can also give the principal investigator the opportunity to write a glowing letter of recommendation
■ Meeting faculty and residents in the ED
■ Attend a conference to present a poster
■ Publishing potential
■ Demonstrates an interest and commitment to EM
■ Efforts on a research project can also give the principal investigator the opportunity to write a glowing letter of recommendation
● Are there downsides of doing research in med school?
○ It’s
time consuming and hard work
○ May
take a year or longer to complete the work
○ Time
away from studies
○ May
have minimal involvement like data gathering or data entry
○ May
not receive credit during publication
○ Poorly
designed or executed studies may not get completed or published
○ Well-designed
and implemented studies may be delayed in publication for years
● Do you need to do research or scholarly
project to get into an EM program?
○ No,
most students getting into an EM residency program have not done research
during medical school
○ Ongoing
research involvement during medical school shows compatibility and potential
for continuing interest in academic medicine
○ Residency
selection committees recognize that significant research or scholarly activity
during med school can be associated with an applicant that will go above and
beyond the residency’s clinical rotations to learn about EM
○ Participation
in research in med school suggests a higher level of interest in medical
scholarship
○ Research
may serve as an additional advantage for EM applicants
● Type of research should you do?
○ Clinically-oriented
research, unless you have a strong basic science background
○ Pick
a topic that interests you
○ Find
a research mentor
● What are other scholarly options besides
research?
○ Collective
review papers
○ Textbook/monograph
chapters
○ Curriculum
development
○ Newsletter
articles: write for Modern Resident!!
○ It
is most important to get a faculty mentor for a research project
● Who can you work with?
○ Ask
students in classes ahead of you and you can work with other peers to get work
published faster
○ Collaborate
with your peers who are doing research in EM related topics such as: neuro
trauma, orthopaedic trauma, general surgery emergencies, ACS, etc.
○ Consider
reviewing the web page of EM residency affiliated with your med school or
another school with an EM training program where you can work
○ Work
in a closely related field such as trauma surgery
○ Travel
over the summer to participate in research projects internationally
● How to get started?
○ Don’t
do this on your own
○ Identify
an ED faculty member who has already started a project or has an idea that
he/she wants to develop
○ Get
a mentor!
● Are student research and scholarly projects
still valuable, if you are not an author?
○ Yes,
you can still be recognized as a contributor in an acknowledgment note on an
article or chapter
○ If
project is yet to be published, ask for a letter from the Principal
Investigator or faculty mentor that outlines your contributions to the project
○ Don’t
claim authorship when your role was not so
● Where should you present?
○ Can
present your abstract or poster at any of the national EM organization’s regional and annual scientific meetings
■ Have
a faculty mentor guide you in the opportunity and submission process
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