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So research is not actively forbidden in Year 1-2, its just that if you approach the UMKC research department at the medical school, they will usually say why don’t you wait till you’re a third year and come back. If you are persistent they will still take you.
The best way to do it is to find an undergraduate mentor at the school of biological sciences or a separate doctor at St. Lukes, Children’s Mercy, etc to go do research with. Does that make sense?
If you wanna go through the school, gotta wait till Year 3, otherwise, you can do whatever you want.
You won’t really have much time Year 1 just because you are so busy running around places and trying to figure things out. Year 2 things calm down fall campus and then once HSF starts you will become busy again. So I understand their rule, it make sense, because you won’t really have much time for research until year 3 anyways.
But start looking for research early in HSF, so by the time it’s over, you will have something set up. It takes a while at UMKC to find research, so start looking early.