mew Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Hi all, I'm in M3. Long story short I love emerg but didn't get the chance to do any research (had a project getting started mid-M2 that we were preparing to submit to REB in March...things have been stalled since then). I do have other academic activities (e.g. I'm involved in UGME curriculum development) but don't have any posters or publications. I have lots of extracurriculars in med school but they aren't expressly related to emerg- more focused on my other advocacy interests. Is this going to be a significant barrier to matching- ie, should I be trying to get my M2 project back off the ground? I'm finding clerkship challenging and don't have a lot of bandwidth for non-clinical right now but if a lack of research is going to significantly disadvantage me I'd rather hear that now and try to make it work. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redpill Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 From the other threads on here I gather that the most important things for matching are references, followed by interviews. I think the rest (research, ECs) will depend on how competitive a year it is. People who have done more will probably look better. So I doubt lack of research will significantly disadvantage you, but it may put you behind others who also receive good references and have it. That being said, I get the sense that EM in particular values advocacy as an EC. So I think that will help to some degree. I'm also still in medical school so take what I say with a grain of salt. mew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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