I am a third year that did not decide on ortho until this year, so I do not have any ortho research under my belt. I have been in contact with the orthopods at my school but I get the feeling they think starting a project in your third year will not be very productive (limited time to work on it, length of time it takes to get published, etc...)
I do think they would be willing to let me do/help them do some case reports. Do you think case reports are worth my time, or should I press on and try do an actual research project? Basically what I am asking is, do residency programs view case reports as valuable or a waste of time.
Thanks for any input.
