clinical experience

I am a sophomore undergrad planning on taking a gap year and ideally enteringn medical school in the fall of 2020. I know I still have plenty of time, but I'm concerned about making sure I have enough research and clinical experience by the time of my application. Right now, my options for...

I'm from the Bay Area, and it's pretty competitive so most clinical experience programs for high schoolers are SUPER competitive and require a 4.0+. Medicine is something I really want to do and I really badly want to get clinical experience but I keep getting rejected from these programs. I...

Hi guys :laugh: I would ask you some advices about hospitals in which I could apply for a Clinical Elective in the next summer. - Geographic area: America, Australia, UK - I have only an IELTS with the score of 6 - Preferred specialty: Cardiology - 4 weeks Actually, I have found something in...

Hey all, I graduated college in May with a few pre reqs left to cross off.. Truthfully I've since then questioned if Medicine was for me so I'm only taking one class at my local CC while working at my local hospital. I'm a "patient care assistant" and I'm told I will be placed in the radiology...

Hi everyone, This is my first ever post here, though I've been lurking on SDN for the past year or so as an anonymous viewer. I'm a sophomore undergrad on a pre-med track and I learned some of the things that are expected of prospective med school applicants (i.e. good grades, MCAT score...

I've seen a few people say that ER tech is the best... How about OR/surgical tech? What other options are there for short training period? A local cc in my area has a 4 week EMT-B program; I know most hospitals require more than an EMT certificate though.

Would you like to shadow and round with a wound care doctor, and potentially scribe? Dr. Godfrey, in the medical practice of Dr. Kuo, in Freeport, Nassau County desperately needs the help of pre-meds to help with his rounds in a nursing home. He needs students ASAP to help with rounds on...

I tried searching these forums for the answer to this question, but I've been unable to find an appropriate thread. Do medical mission trips count as clinical experience? It's sort of a vague area for me as the Panama mission I went on frequently had me in more patient contact roles that a...

Hello Everyone, I am currently volunteering at a nursing center as a medical scribe. I go on rounds with the doctor as he visits each patient, and take notes on the patient's condition and treatment. Does this qualify as physician shadowing or clinical experience?

MCAT: N/A cGPA: 3.75 sGPA: 3.8 Medical volunteer hours: ~150 Other volunteer hours: ~100 Shadowing: 12 Research: 0 I work both as a tutor and as a desk assistant for ~20 hours per week. I've played the violin for 11 years. I'm a psychology major with minors in chemistry and biology, if that's...

Hello all, basically this month I'm hitting the ground running with getting my EC's started. I decided a few weeks back that Med School was what I wanted to do and I've been developing a bit of a loose plan. Lemme know what you think of it and what I could do additionally or what I need to do...

I'm currently interviewing for a job as a clinical research assistant position at a hospital. The jobs description says that I'll be involved in recruiting patients, consenting and accompanying patients through study visits, compiling data reports, and attending seminars held by department...

Hey guys, I'm a current M2 deciding on a few hospitals to do my rotations next year. I was thinking about doing them all at Good Samaritan Medical Center in NY. Can someone please give any information on the standard of teaching at this hospital? I heard some hospitals in NY aren't that great...

I'm sorry if there is already a discussion about this, I definitely can't find it if there is. Anyway, I go to school in Florida but live in New York. I really want to get clinical experience but it's really hard to get anything when I'm only in one state for three months at a time. I can't...

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I will be entering my senior year this fall. Here is a summary of my current stats: ACADEMICS Major - Neuroscience Minor - Chemistry GPA - 3.96 sGPA - 3.95 MCAT - test date Aug. 20th (yes, I am taking a gap year btw) RESEARCH 3 semesters in neuroscience lab (credit, 10 hrs/week), continuing...

Hi, everyone! I just received a call from a fertilty center for an interview as a receptionist. As a receptionist, I will be answering phones(make appointments for patients, check for insurance, answering questions the patients might have, and explaining couples of medical procedures), greet...

Hi all, Sorry to create a new post about clinical experience here, but I was unable to find older posts reflecting the same exact circumstances in which I find myself. I am currently volunteering as an HIV tester, but I was told by my advisor that this would be considered "iffy" as a clinical...

Hello all, I just completed my primary application and am all ready to submit but in the process of completing it, I realized a gaping hole in my application. I was always under the impression that shadowing constitutes clinical experience, but they are two separate categories on the...

Graduated undergrad in 2015. 3.79 GPA, 517 MCAT. I worked in a breastfeeding clinic for 2 years of undergrad (with patient contact) and now I've been a clinical research coordinator at a big hospital for 6 months - I also scribe for my PI in clinic weekly. But I've never done any actual...

Currently I'm working a part-time job that pays about 250 every week after taxes. The reason why I switched over to part-time is because I'm going to driving school starting at the end of this month and I'm planning on taking one or two classes starting late June or beginning of July. For me to...

Hello! I would like to do a clinical elective in UK or USA the next year. I'm a med student (4th year for now) and I have a IELS score of 6. Do you know some hospitals that accept a score like this? Thank you a lot. Bye!

Hey all, I applied to only MD programs last year (for the Fall 2016 acceptance round) with the following credentials: sGPA: 3.48 cGPA: 3.54 MCAT: 34 Service/Shadowing: 35 hrs shadowing an ophthalmologist 50 hrs shadowing a nephrologist 150 hrs volunteering in a medical health camp in India 50...

Hi everyone. I am going to be meeting with some faculty members and a few students (from all years) at a school (just one final look before I decide where I will be matriculating for sure). I just wanted some insight from students and graduates to gain a sense of the types of questions I should...

Hi Everyone, I just got a medical scribe position for the summer and I was wondering if this would be considered good experience? Because basically I am shadowing a doctor all the time and in the clinic I will be working at, I get to interact with the patients even and help out in very minor...

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I just had an interview for a medical scribe position at Florida Hospital. This is a big deal for me because this could be my first chance finally stepping into the medical field so I have been freaking out trying prepare for this interview. However, I have this really bad habit of being highly...

How many volunteer hours should a candidate have roughly for clinical experience and shadowing experience for a competitive candidate? Volunteering at a nursing home, hospice, and hospitals are considered clinical experience correct? I am aiming for at least 200 hours for clinical experience and...

Hey guys, So I'm a worry bug and I'm wondering if I even have a shot at med school anymore. I'm a first generation college student so I'm putting myself through school. I started at a CC did a semester and a 4-year but had to go back to CC for financial purpose. I plan on returning to the four...

So I have been going to med school tours and talks and they all preach clinical experience as being a must, which I understand. I am currently a pre med/psychology/biology student who wants to become a psychiatrist and I am trying to find clinical experience and I have had 2 opportunities...

Hey guys, I am currently a senior at Wake Forest University with a 3.4 cGPA, 3.5 sGPA, and 512 MCAT. I was a little late getting my secondaries submitted so I'm still waiting to hear back from most of my schools about interview invites. Of the schools I applied to, I have been rejected...

I finished my undergrad this semester will be applying to medical schools during summer 2016. For my gap year I am considering doing a 1-year postbac research program or finding a full time job in a clinical setting. My dilemma is such: I feel as if my application is unbalanced with way more...

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Good afternoon everybody, hopefully you all don't mind taking a break from mourning John Lennon's deathiversary to give me some thoughts here. I'm a first year student and I've been looking at trying to get some experience in a clinical setting before third and fourth year rotations start. I'd...

My international medical school (which is accredited and accepted by the US) has an affiliation with a hospital in New York but it is NOT an ACGME teaching hospital. I am worried that doing all my 6th year core clinical rotations there may be considered unacceptable by the state licensing board...

Hi everyone, I ultimately want to go to a practice-oriented PhD program in clinical psych. I don't have any research experience, my GPA isn't great, and my GRE scores are average, so I want to get an MA/MS first. I need research experience to get into a PhD program down the line, but I also...

Hi! I work full-time as a web developer code monkey and am 28 years old and female. I graduated with a BA in Philosophy and a minor in Psychology in 2009 with a 2.9 GPA. I started my own web development business after undergrad and it was very successful. We have since been bought out. I...

What exactly counts as clinical experience or volunteering? What are some examples of clinical volunteering? I have some shadowing and 20 hrs of being a medical translator at local free clinic. Would volunteering as a medical scribe count as clinical exposure? Do med schools generally like to...