Clinical Shadowing and Volunteering Hours

[Scienceolympian]

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I recently interviewed at a DO school today. It was my second interview, but the first time anyone had commented on my stats. I'm a senior in undergrad. I have over 200 shadowing hours and 350 clinical shadowing hours with 500 non-clinical shadowing hours and have been published in biomedical research. The interviewer said it was common to have over 2000 hours of shadowing and volunteering combined. Is this the new norm? My pre-health advisor said to shoot for at least a 100 hours in each category so I was confused. Thanks!

 

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I recently interviewed at a DO school today. It was my second interview, but the first time anyone had commented on my stats. I'm a senior in undergrad. I have over 200 shadowing hours and 350 clinical shadowing hours with 500 non-clinical shadowing hours and have been published in biomedical research. The interviewer said it was common to have over 2000 hours of shadowing and volunteering combined. Is this the new norm? My pre-health advisor said to shoot for at least a 100 hours in each category so I was confused. Thanks!

I am confused. What is the difference between shadowing vs clinical shadowing vs nonclinical shadowing?

 

[bassquiat]

2000 seems like a lot

 

[paradoxic_toxic]

Your interviewer is mistaken. 50-150 hours of shadowing is typical. That means your interviewer was expecting ~1800 hours of volunteering. I mean it is doable but not the norm.

 

[Tgfu34]

2000???? No way. Your numbers are good. I’m hoping (sort of) that it was an attempt to ruffle your feathers during the interview to see how you reacted. Don’t worry.