I am studying medicine. We study different disciplines and different specialties during our undergraduate years. My subject grades aren't very good. Then, I rushed to research and biostatistics -maybe to veil my low grades- and have made a little good progress at them while I am still undergraduate. Will doing this help me in my future? (I mean if I continued doing bad at the subject exams and concentrated on research methodology and biostatistics)
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3Improve your grades and do the research. Those things are not mutually exclusive. Otherwise you are crippling your research future.– AlexandrosJan 3, 2016 at 19:57
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2This might be different to medicine, but, in general, for undergrad, good grades are good/necessary, research is bonus...– Fábio DiasJan 3, 2016 at 21:22
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1Changed "faculty" to "subject." I hope this is what is meant (the use of faculty didn't make sense to me ).– KimballJan 4, 2016 at 1:15
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When you say you're studying medicine, I take it that you hope to be a doctor.
In which case it doesn't matter how brilliant you are as a researcher, if you can't acquire the necessary medical knowledge and clinical skills you'll never be competent or safe to practise medicine and your medical career will never get started. You may have a fantastic career as eg a medical statistician awaiting you.
It's great if a doctor is research competent too, but being able to do research is not essential. Being able to examine, diagnose, and treat patients is.