Today I finally had a volunteer orientation with the coordinator at a hospital where I'm hoping to work for the next year to 15 months. Now this is three months after turning in all the paperwork, so I figure I'm on the homestretch and things will get rolling pretty quickly. But she told me today that it will be up to another one to two months before she can even INTERVIEW me to find the appropriate volunteer position at the hopsital. I don't so much mind the delay as I'm going to get so much out of the experience, but I'm a little pissed and disappointed that it's taking so long.
Essentially this means that I likely will not even be placed or have started volunteering by the time I had planned to turn in my AMCAS (first week of June, if not the first day). On top of all that, my only other clinical experiences thus far has been ~35 hours volunteering at AIDS clinics in Mexico City.
I have already set up to shadow three doctors in different specialties in the States, and I have upwards of 400 hours of unpaid work/non-clinical voluteering, so I am not so much worried about that. My question instead is: should I be concerned by the lack of clinical volunteering I currently have? If so, what would you suggest I do to make up for it?
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Also, for what it's worth, I have already graduated so I can--and WILL--update schools on all of ongoing my activities, of which the hopsital positon would only be one. I'm primarily concerned with whether it's best to submit at a later date, find another volunteer position for the meantime, or go ahead with my current plans.
Essentially this means that I likely will not even be placed or have started volunteering by the time I had planned to turn in my AMCAS (first week of June, if not the first day). On top of all that, my only other clinical experiences thus far has been ~35 hours volunteering at AIDS clinics in Mexico City.
I have already set up to shadow three doctors in different specialties in the States, and I have upwards of 400 hours of unpaid work/non-clinical voluteering, so I am not so much worried about that. My question instead is: should I be concerned by the lack of clinical volunteering I currently have? If so, what would you suggest I do to make up for it?
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Also, for what it's worth, I have already graduated so I can--and WILL--update schools on all of ongoing my activities, of which the hopsital positon would only be one. I'm primarily concerned with whether it's best to submit at a later date, find another volunteer position for the meantime, or go ahead with my current plans.
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