I am 26 year old medical student interested in a career in psychiatry and mental health. I was wondering how important it is to keep your research areas focused. My research foci are so much scattered and I just research in whatever interests me or what I am passionate about. How detrimental is it to one's academic career.
I describe my research aspirations as:
1) I research in medical student mental health/psychology because I myself had a history and would like to create more awareness.
2) I write about stigma related to mental health in developing countries because of the need to attract more medical students to Psychiatry.
3) I write about maternal and child mental health because the maternal-child bond fascinates me so much.
4) And information visualization in Psychiatry: what could be better than knowing all the important works ever published in Psychiatry.
5) Now I am interested in virtual reality related psychological therapies. And I would like to explore it. I even plan to pursue a college degree in it.
Its just everywhere. How can I keep myself focused, to truly pursue something remarkable?
You could have asked me it privately. Research is an important part of the academic file. When people start doing research, it is ok to keep your work scattered since you are trying to find your areas of interested. However, it is more advisable to choose 2-3 areas of interests. There is so much to learn about each area. Without focus, you would be unable to do meaningful work. If you want to impact science and medicine, focus on fewer areas.
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