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hi! I am new .... and have a question. A Little background. I am a 35 Yo Mom, who decied to make the plunge back to school. I have done well so far and am maintaining a 3.5 though my first couple years of math and sciences courses I need. I am also a Full time midwife. I deliver babies for a living. I work mainly with low income, uninsured, underinsured moms and families, although have my fair share of "ta ta" ladies and families that help pay my salary.
I have been researching meds schools and the forums here and see alot of talk about volunteer hours. Is this really needed or a unspoken "requirement"? Because I spent ALOT of time working .. and volunteering isn't on the agenda.
I already work for a non profit center and have an incredibly low salary for what I do, just because I believe in helping these women, who would otherwise go WITHOUT prenatal care. I just can't see adding more "free" hours on top of that to volunteer for the homeless or hospitals etc... I am already doing clinical work and have for the past 12 years. Is this more for high school kids that have no expereinces yet? I see the need if your right out of high school, in college and have no life expereince or clinical expereinces to "prove" you like what you will be doing. It just seems like a lot of extra for nothing for someone in my situation. Any advise would be appreciated in this area, as I am currently working on my overall "plan of action" as I do more research. This would alter my plan drastically is I have to find time for 200 + volunteer hours! What do you think? anyone have similiar background that didn't need volunteer hours?
Thank you!
Robyn M.
Wife, Mom, Midwife, and now student (again!) ....
I have been researching meds schools and the forums here and see alot of talk about volunteer hours. Is this really needed or a unspoken "requirement"? Because I spent ALOT of time working .. and volunteering isn't on the agenda.
I already work for a non profit center and have an incredibly low salary for what I do, just because I believe in helping these women, who would otherwise go WITHOUT prenatal care. I just can't see adding more "free" hours on top of that to volunteer for the homeless or hospitals etc... I am already doing clinical work and have for the past 12 years. Is this more for high school kids that have no expereinces yet? I see the need if your right out of high school, in college and have no life expereince or clinical expereinces to "prove" you like what you will be doing. It just seems like a lot of extra for nothing for someone in my situation. Any advise would be appreciated in this area, as I am currently working on my overall "plan of action" as I do more research. This would alter my plan drastically is I have to find time for 200 + volunteer hours! What do you think? anyone have similiar background that didn't need volunteer hours?
Thank you!
Robyn M.
Wife, Mom, Midwife, and now student (again!) ....