Sort of but not a whole lot. You can try to continue to be productive and it will demonstrate commitment to the field and research, but truthfully many of your publications will "trickle in" while you are in medical school so it will give off the impression that you continued it during medical school anyways. I have seen several people who had research in orthopedics from before they started medical school in a similar context to you and who have done extremely well in the application process with minimal new productivity from med school so take it FWIW.
For other specialties, your articles will have value in the sense that you were productive in research but they will not come up often in terms of actual content because interviewers (in ENT, or IM, or ophtho, for example) will not know much about the topic. In that case, it will still help you but not nearly as much so I would advise you to pick up projects in the other field you want to go in.
Remember guys:
- Research in your chosen specialty > research in a related specialty > research in an unrelated specialty > no research at all
Also, publications > oral presentations > posters >>> stuff you contributed to but we were unable to produce into something meaningful. Get published. Bonus points for talks and posters in big conferences in your specialty
Source: research heavy applicant in ortho this cycle
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Does when you actually write/publish research matter?
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