Does LENGTH of Research Make a Difference?

vic90
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:34:38 +0000

I’m currently planning on doing a clinical research project at a med school this summer. Does the length of time I’m committed to the project make a difference? It’s for a Intro to Research class (with minimum of 4 weeks of research with a faculty member + final paper at the end), but I figured that is probably too short to get any meaning experience/results. Would it be viewed more positively if say, I committed 10 weeks to it, or would it not make much of a difference?

Also, is research viewed in any lesser terms if it is technically for a class (unpaid) and not a formal internship?

And if I were to commit the 10 weeks to research, am I expected to do anything else during the summer in addition to a research project? (I could volunteer and job shadow a bit)

thanks in advance for any responses