<p>Do summer medical school research programs help in med school admissions? Or is the same thing as holding a regular lab position during the summer? I saw that NYU, Rochester, and Cornell Med Schools have these summer research programs for undergrads. Is it recommended to get into those programs. The reason I am asking is because I currently have a summer lab position at Columbia Medical School. These programs also exist in various countries and American students can apply for them. Should I stick to my current position or should I gain admittance into these programs?</p>
<p>I would love to see some more information on this subject. Links?</p>
<p>Also- I would assume that any research positions will put you at an advantage. I have been looking for one for next summer- what is the best way to secure one?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/%5B/url%5D">http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/</a></p>
<p>Can't imagine a specific program matters any more than any other kind of research, but I'm open to being wrong about this.</p>
<p>If you do an internship at the NIH, you'll be doing research.</p>
<p>If you stay at your lab at Columbia, you'll be doing research.</p>
<p>But there is no greater push either way if I do a program. If you do a different program each year isn't that similar to jumping from one lab to another?</p>
<p>If you jump from one lab to another while switching programs, it will be exactly like jumping from one lab to another while switching programs.</p>
<p>I guess BDM and I are wondering what you're asking. There are both advantages and disadvantages to working at many different labs vs. staying for a long time at one lab.</p>
<p>I am basically reassuring the fact that if you join all of these different programs each summer it is sort of like lab hopping, right?</p>
<p>It depends on whether you actually hop labs.</p>