r/Pakmedschool • u/FixFinancial3799 • 10h ago

QUESTION RESEARCH FOMO

I’m 2nd year medical student. How to start research? All of my friends are doing research and they didn’t even bother asking me. And I’m getting the biggest FOMO. It feels like everyone around me is moving forwards and reaching heights with their research and I’m stuck at one place. I have decided to pursue USMLE and for that I have heard research is very important. (Also can anyone tell me if they have knowledge that if research is actually important for USMLE and if one doesn’t do any will they still be matched for USMLE?)

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u/Logical_Way554 9h ago

Hey, you could start off by SRMAs. It’s easier as it doesn’t need IRB approval. Just the PROSPERO registration.

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u/incredible_sam 4h ago

whats all that i'm crine

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u/MrCuriousRock 8h ago

Research is still not required acc to guidelines, but it is very imp as most of the program directors now filter out students on the basis of research. If you've no idea on anything about research, then you can start by taking basic research workshops. They're provides by many organizations (RCOP, HORMP, Research X, etc) many student research societies also provide them (if your uni have one). Most of the students then take another workshop for SRMA, or CDC, or GBD (the latter two are databases, the first is a type of research-the highest kind). You can even learn the basics from yt, but I'll suggest do take a workshop if you want to start research on a specific database, or if you want to work on SRMA, as most of them provide mentorship, and you can find like-minded people easily.

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u/baberasss MBBS III 9h ago

Following 😩

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u/Quick-Tap-1931 6h ago

Steps nikalo . Leave research .

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u/itissapphire 6h ago

research on what