Research - GI vs Pulm/Crit

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Hey guys

So I'm an IM intern at a university program in CA that has in-house fellowships for GI and pulm. Currently, I can't make up my mind between the two. I just spoke to a GI fellow today, and he advised me to do research in GI immediately. He then stated if I decide to go into pulm/crit, having research in another field is fine. However, if I chose to go into GI, but have research in pulm/crit with NO research in GI, it would be very very difficult to get into a GI fellowship. I do see what he is saying. But I wanted to see what your opinions were on this topic.

My exact question is: Will it hurt my chances at going into Pulm/Crit if I do research in GI right now? Or vice versa?

Thanks in advance.


-greensleeves
 
The major advantage of doing research in your future specialty is the connections it creates. Any research is better than no research but there is no question that both specialties would prefer that the research reflect an interest in what they do. It is very hard to get research done within the timeframe if you don't start now. So, I think he's right.

Can you find a GI topic that has a CC flavor?
 
Gastrapathy said:
The major advantage of doing research in your future specialty is the connections it creates. Any research is better than no research but there is no question that both specialties would prefer that the research reflect an interest in what they do. It is very hard to get research done within the timeframe if you don't start now. So, I think he's right.

Can you find a GI topic that has a CC flavor?
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That's a good idea, I'll ask a couple of the fellows if there are any GI projects out there that cross over into Pulm/Crit. Thanks a lot!
 
Just to update you guys

Spoke to my GI attending, and he said if I don't know what I want to go into yet (GI or Pulm), it's okay that I do research in GI as most programs understand we are still figuring out what we want to do.

Hope this helps
 
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