A long way for clinical exp?

[deleted1040417]

Is a 1 hour and 40-minute (total: both to and back) drive worth the hassle for clinical volunteering to you guys? Or is scribing sufficient? Especially during winter. Why or why not? It is centered around patient transport from department to department it seems.

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[LizzyM]

I think that scribing is sufficient. Do you have non-clinical volunteering on your resume?

 

[deleted1040417]

I think that scribing is sufficient. Do you have non-clinical volunteering on your resume?

Yes, I currently volunteer at a food bank.

 

[Deltasidearm]

Is a 1 hour and 40-minute (total: both to and back) drive worth the hassle for clinical volunteering to you guys? Or is scribing sufficient? Especially during winter. Why or why not? It is centered around patient transport from department to department it seems.

I think it depends on where you live (some places a 30 minute drive anywhere is standard and others a 10 minute drive is--so a 50 minute drive has a different connotation to both) and the quality of the experience. For no more than patient transport? I'd personally say your time is more valuable than that experience if you've had other clinical and volunteering experience.

 

[Catalystik]

Is a 1 hour and 40-minute (total: both to and back) drive worth the hassle for clinical volunteering to you guys? Or is scribing sufficient? Especially during winter. Why or why not? It is centered around patient transport from department to department it seems.

Is it in-person scribing, or tele-scribing?

 

[deleted1040417]

Is it in-person scribing, or tele-scribing?

In-person. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes tele-scribing with cases rising. One of my peers said they got moved to it over summer and returned to in-person, but they don't work with the same company.

 

[Catalystik]

In-person. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes tele-scribing with cases rising. One of my peers said they got moved to it over summer and returned to in-person, but they don't work with the same company.

In-person scribing makes it a "clinical experience" by SDN popular definition (with bonus points if you can interact with the patients). Distance scribing would not. A mix of the two should be fine.

 

[deleted1040417]

Well I said it and it happened -- the scribing position just got moved to online scribing. Only have 3 months under my belt but looks like I might have to take 2 gap years then (was already looking at one gap).

 

[Catalystik]

In-person scribing makes it a "clinical experience" by SDN popular definition (with bonus points if you can interact with the patients). Distance scribing would not. A mix of the two should be fine.