Do you really need research paper to be admitted to Medical schools?

D is only a freshman and will be staying in her college to do some paid research. She is using MATLAB to do analysis on time lapse photos, which is my limited understanding of what she will be doing. She is CS major premed.

How do you go about doing research to publish paper? I do believe that D will find some way or figure things out somehow and this might be under the category that she has it under control or nothing I can help her anyway. But I wonder if some of you can share your kids research to published paper experience? Thank you!

There is no research/publishing requiring for medical school admissions. It is good to do research and medical volunteering but getting published is not an easy thing and would rule out most current medical students from being admitted.

No