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HI
Ok so I know this has been discussed, and I searched through previous posts, but I'm still not sure about my situation.
I am volunteering in a clinic (lots of patients coming in and out) and I am basically the chart filer. It's a pretty boring, repetitive job, and I definitely don't get to interact with patients (unless they come out of their rooms asking me when the doctor will see them or for water, lol). I don't know if this "counts" as clinical experience. Even though what I'm doing is pretty mundane, I have learned a lot about what the doctors do each day and how they handle different situations, etc, just by overhearing/seeing things in the office.
There is also a program at the hospital specifically for pre-health people, and hopefully I will be able to do that because I've heard they get a lot of direct interaction with patients and see a lot of interesting things. The orientation for that is in April... so should I continue with what I am doing until then?
Ok so I know this has been discussed, and I searched through previous posts, but I'm still not sure about my situation.
I am volunteering in a clinic (lots of patients coming in and out) and I am basically the chart filer. It's a pretty boring, repetitive job, and I definitely don't get to interact with patients (unless they come out of their rooms asking me when the doctor will see them or for water, lol). I don't know if this "counts" as clinical experience. Even though what I'm doing is pretty mundane, I have learned a lot about what the doctors do each day and how they handle different situations, etc, just by overhearing/seeing things in the office.
There is also a program at the hospital specifically for pre-health people, and hopefully I will be able to do that because I've heard they get a lot of direct interaction with patients and see a lot of interesting things. The orientation for that is in April... so should I continue with what I am doing until then?