u/medicalashtray

I’m a final year medical student at an international medical school, and last year I was able to present a study of mine at the AES Conference. I met a ton of amazing people, and contacted many of them when I got back.

One particular mentor from a very good institution in the US reached back to me and was happy to include me in a network meta analysis project he had going on. I was so glad to finally have a really strong mentor to help me out since I plan to apply for the neurology match in a few years.

The issue is I have had a tough time this year, with constantly being sick for some reason, and preparing for step 1 and other exams. Due to which I have been wildly inconsistent with my contribution. There are maybe 20 or 30 people working on this project, and I probably have pretty low contributions to the project than I would have liked. On top of that, he had given me a project but asked me to check in with his research assistant, except we never got the chance to do that.

Now I’m close to giving my step 1, and I’m losing my mind over the fact that I might have ruined my chances with this very kind mentor. I want to work with him, and I want to contribute more consistently. But I’m worried I might have ruined it. What should I do??? How should I approach him?

I’m a final year medical student at an international medical school, and last year I was able to present a study of mine at the AES Conference. I met a ton of amazing people, and contacted many of them when I got back.

One particular mentor from a very good institution in the US reached back to me and was happy to include me in a network meta analysis project he had going on. I was so glad to finally have a really strong mentor to help me out since I plan to apply for the neurology in a few years.

The issue is I have had a tough time this year, with constantly being sick for some reason, and preparing for step 1 and other exams. Due to which I have been wildly inconsistent with my contribution. There are maybe 20 or 30 people working on this project, and I probably have pretty low contributions to the project than I would have liked. On top of that, he had given me a project but asked me to check in with his research assistant, except we never got the chance to do that.

Now I’m close to giving my step 1, and I’m losing my mind over the fact that I might have ruined my chances with this very kind mentor. I want to work with him, and more consistently this time, but I have no idea how to approach him. I accept that the mistake was mine, but what should I do now??