Clinical experience/volunteering but no hospital volunteering. Am I ok?

[numbersloth]

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I have experience doing clinical volunteering/patient contact through a mobile health screening van. I also have hospital shadowing experience. Is it still necessary for me to volunteer at a larger hospital? I'm already doing non-clinical volunteering (homeless shelter), clinical volunteering (mobile van), and research alongside classes and just don't see where I could fit in more time to go to a hospital every week. Thoughts?

 

[greenturtle22]

Clinical experience is not just limited to hospital volunteering - I honestly think you look pretty good, especially considering you've shadowed and have thus had an opportunity to experience what physicians actually do.

 

[numbersloth]

Clinical experience is not just limited to hospital volunteering - I honestly think you look pretty good, especially considering you've shadowed and have thus had an opportunity to experience what physicians actually do.

Thanks so much for answering. I was just asking because it seems like literally every single student applying has hospital experience!

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Thanks so much for answering. I was just asking because it seems like literally every single student applying has hospital experience!

It's one of the more common and easy ways to get "clinical experience." Just because a lot of people have it doesn't make it necessary.

 

[LizzyM]

Thanks so much for answering. I was just asking because it seems like literally every single student applying has hospital experience!

That's what will make your mobile clinic volunteering such a joy. Reviewer: "Finally, someone who is doing something a bit different, I'd like to meet this one."

 

[Goro]

Your current experiences are fine.

I have experience doing clinical volunteering/patient contact through a mobile health screening van. I also have hospital shadowing experience. Is it still necessary for me to volunteer at a larger hospital? I'm already doing non-clinical volunteering (homeless shelter), clinical volunteering (mobile van), and research alongside classes and just don't see where I could fit in more time to go to a hospital every week. Thoughts?