Clinical? Regular work experience?

[figmentj]

I worked for a year at a hospital on the physicians' answering service/PBX. Mainly hearing patients' concerns, determining whether their case was urgent enough to page the physician, announcing codes, that sort of thing.

I didn't interact with patients face-to-face, so I'm not sure what category this falls in. Thanks for any opinions.

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[apumic]

Sounds like a regular office job really. You didn't have any pt contact so I don't think you can call it clinical. Good luck either way though. I'm sure you got to hear some meaningful and interesting stories & cases!

 

[LizzyM]

You can certainly classify it as "employement, non-military" and let the adcom sort it out. You did have patient contact although it was on the telephone and you were making value judgments in determining whether to page a physician. I would hope that you have had other clinical experiences to augment the job. If so, I'd say you are good to go.