Does working as an EMT count as volunteer hours? I know lots of people do this but I mean working, not volunteering as one. Would I have to volunteer somewhere else as well?
If you work in a medical environment, it isn't necessary to do additional clinical volunteering, but it would be helpful if you got involved in some nonmedical community service for a cause you care about.Would I have to volunteer somewhere else as well?
its only volunteering if you're not paid (duh)
If you work in a medical environment, it isn't necessary to do additional clinical volunteering, but it would be helpful if you got involved in some nonmedical community service for a cause you care about.
There are several different categories of "experiences" on the AMCAS application. One is "volunteer, clinical" and another is "employment, non-military". Either of these experiences can be "clinical" depending on what it is. "Volunteer, clinical" or "volunteer, non-clinical" are obviously "volunteer" although there are other categories of experience that an also be volunteer such as "teaching/tutoring" which might be volunteer or might be paid. There are some other situations where something might fit into more than one category and you need to decide how to label it.
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Don't be mad. You are confusing volunteering with clinical experience. Working as an EMT gives you the latter, not the former. To really strengthen your application and depth of experience, I would recommend some non-clinical service as well, like tutoring low-income kids or Habitat for Humanity.
I was thinking about coaching under-privileged kids in soccer, good idea?
On the contrary, why would this be a bad idea?
It's volunteering, it's fun, it's helping other people! Go!