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So I was finally hired for a CNA position where I can work a schedule that combines 2nd/3rd shift together.
I graduated last May. I want to take a couple of science courses this next school year (fall and spring semesters) to increase my science GPA. Ever since I graduated I was trying to get a job in clinical research (as a coordinator or assitant). I had several interviews but never got a job. So a couple of days ago I contacted every person that I interviewed with to see why I was not hired. I found out that one of the university hospitals that I tried to get hired at ONLY hires from within. So I spent hundreds of dollars driving to this university hospital. I had one doctor that said I would be a great contribution to the department, but the person they hired volunteered there for a few years. How they could see volunteering in a clinical research envrionment trumps my 3 and 1/2 years as a (real) patient transporter (full-time employment) and a 1 1/2 year long internship where I learned about clinical research. So I got passed over by a person that was not paid for what they did and I WAS paid for what I did. When I read that I got pissed. Therefore, to trump this set-back, I want to volunteer in a clinical research setting to strenghten my application for medical school.
How do you go about asking a clinical research department about wanting to volunteer for them? I would be willing to volunteer about 10-15 hours or so a week.
Since I already have 2 years of experience as a lab assistant and did a summer internship, I was still getting passed over for research tech positions. Therefore, my experience in this area once again sucks balls. Therefore, I will volunteer my time in a research lab as well. How do you go about talking with a PI for volunteering time in their lab to go along with a couple of courses and the clinical research volunteership?
Here is my background:
B.S. degree in Biology
- Currently a research associate for an Internet based health information company (part-time)
- Medical writer (freelance)
- 1 1/2 years as a crises counselor
- 2 years as a lab assistant
- 1 1/2 year long intership at a hospital learning about clinical research and purging patient charts into the electronic database
- 3 1/2 years of employment as a patient transporter
- A summer research internship.
Even with all of this experience I still came up empty with employment because I didn't have enough experience. I hate these ex-nurses taking up clinical research jobs.
So my experiences suck! How to improve?
- Volunteer about 10 - 15 hours a week in a clinical research department?
- Volunteer about 10 -15 hours a week in a research lab?
- Get a certificate in clinical investigation from Boston University (online)
- Take more science classes (might as well pick up a biochemistry degree as I'm only a couple of classes away from it)
- Shadow! I will try to shadow every specialty their is (before school starts and volunteering in the other places). Shadow about 25 hours a week from April to Aug. = 550 hours (which goes on top of my 100 hours already!!!!!!!!!)
I hate these inside connections!
In the end, take the MCAT, go to a DO medical school, do the residency thing, become a doctor, and hire staff the right away by doing clinical research trials myself.
I graduated last May. I want to take a couple of science courses this next school year (fall and spring semesters) to increase my science GPA. Ever since I graduated I was trying to get a job in clinical research (as a coordinator or assitant). I had several interviews but never got a job. So a couple of days ago I contacted every person that I interviewed with to see why I was not hired. I found out that one of the university hospitals that I tried to get hired at ONLY hires from within. So I spent hundreds of dollars driving to this university hospital. I had one doctor that said I would be a great contribution to the department, but the person they hired volunteered there for a few years. How they could see volunteering in a clinical research envrionment trumps my 3 and 1/2 years as a (real) patient transporter (full-time employment) and a 1 1/2 year long internship where I learned about clinical research. So I got passed over by a person that was not paid for what they did and I WAS paid for what I did. When I read that I got pissed. Therefore, to trump this set-back, I want to volunteer in a clinical research setting to strenghten my application for medical school.
How do you go about asking a clinical research department about wanting to volunteer for them? I would be willing to volunteer about 10-15 hours or so a week.
Since I already have 2 years of experience as a lab assistant and did a summer internship, I was still getting passed over for research tech positions. Therefore, my experience in this area once again sucks balls. Therefore, I will volunteer my time in a research lab as well. How do you go about talking with a PI for volunteering time in their lab to go along with a couple of courses and the clinical research volunteership?
Here is my background:
B.S. degree in Biology
- Currently a research associate for an Internet based health information company (part-time)
- Medical writer (freelance)
- 1 1/2 years as a crises counselor
- 2 years as a lab assistant
- 1 1/2 year long intership at a hospital learning about clinical research and purging patient charts into the electronic database
- 3 1/2 years of employment as a patient transporter
- A summer research internship.
Even with all of this experience I still came up empty with employment because I didn't have enough experience. I hate these ex-nurses taking up clinical research jobs.
So my experiences suck! How to improve?
- Volunteer about 10 - 15 hours a week in a clinical research department?
- Volunteer about 10 -15 hours a week in a research lab?
- Get a certificate in clinical investigation from Boston University (online)
- Take more science classes (might as well pick up a biochemistry degree as I'm only a couple of classes away from it)
- Shadow! I will try to shadow every specialty their is (before school starts and volunteering in the other places). Shadow about 25 hours a week from April to Aug. = 550 hours (which goes on top of my 100 hours already!!!!!!!!!)
I hate these inside connections!
In the end, take the MCAT, go to a DO medical school, do the residency thing, become a doctor, and hire staff the right away by doing clinical research trials myself.
