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So obviously I understand that it is not a set process and other factors play into this, but I was wondering what people thought/knew about the amount of publications for premeds who get accepted to med school, and the equivalent process for residency matching.

 

Obviously many factors come into play (ex. quality of journal, type of research, etc) but I was hoping to get a general idea to gauge better where i stand...

 

Thanks in advance!

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Like the above replier, I doubt many undergrads have published papers that list them as a first or second author. You also have to take in the account the discipline of the research project.

Based on a small cohort of friends (who are in med school/applying to med school from undergrad), I am the only one with a first author pub, and it took me 2 years in my undergrad to complete the project, write the manuscript and submit it. 

 

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On 5/3/2017 at 3:39 AM, Curiousaboutapps1 said:

I don't have any publications and was accepted to MD/PhD, so evidently it wasn't that big of a deal. I do have a number of conference presentations though. 
Most people that I know that have gotten in do not have publications. It's incredibly hard to do this in undergrad. 

Nigh on impossible - no!

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I'm a fairly newly minted specialist physician, and I didn't really get into research or publish much until I was well into my specialty training. Many students/residents delve into research earlier, but there truly is no set course. If research truly is a future interest of yours, then you should definitely highlight that in you applications/interviews even if you don't have many publications. However, many physicians are solely interested in clinical medicine, and that's ok too! My advice would be to be honest and genuine about your interests, and that will serve you much better than a list of publications!

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On 6/24/2017 at 8:22 PM, mdjdot said:

I have a published 1st author paper and I still didn't get in! lol it's not that striaighforward. They want you to display a lot of different qualities

Well done on the 1st author - sorry to hear you did not get in.

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