Continuity hours

[brockhamptonfanacct]

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Hi everyone. I've done an array of clinical volunteering tasks at the same clinic since I was a junior in high school; I've actually been with the clinic since they were a tiny, three-room project (they are now a flourishing and widely-recognized clinic in the area). So I've certainly watched the clinic grow and develop, and have gained a lot of meaningful experiences and insights from my work here. I've worked reception, greeted patients, escorted patients to different rooms, helped patients register, helped patients fill out forms, translated for patients, organized and filed charts, and more.

Freshman year of college, I went out of town, but I transferred to my hometown university sophomore year and resumed my work at the clinic the second I stepped foot back in my hometown. Could I include my high school hours for the clinic on my application, explaining that I took a year-long break in the middle because I was out of town?

I have 150+ shadowing hours (many with assorted primary care specialties) and work as a direct care aide for a developmentally disabled individual (not clinical, I know, but is healthcare employment, and I will have 1000+ hours by the time I apply), so I do have adequate clinical experience to supplement this.

Thanks all!

edit: I re-counted and checked and I actually only have around ~125 hours of shadowing and volunteering at the clinic both.

 

[Catalystik]

I've done an array of clinical volunteering tasks at the same clinic since I was a junior in high school; I've actually been with the clinic since they were a tiny, three-room project (they are now a flourishing and widely-recognized clinic in the area). So I've certainly watched the clinic grow and develop, and have gained a lot of meaningful experiences and insights from my work here. I've worked reception, greeted patients, escorted patients to different rooms, helped patients register, helped patients fill out forms, translated for patients, organized and filed charts, and more.

Freshman year of college, I went out of town, but I transferred to my hometown university sophomore year and resumed my work at the clinic the second I stepped foot back in my hometown.
1) Could I include my high school hours for the clinic on my application, explaining that I took a year-long break in the middle because I was out of town?

2) I have 150+ shadowing hours (many with assorted primary care specialties) and work as a direct care aide for a developmentally disabled individual (not clinical, I know, but is healthcare employment, and I will have 1000+ hours by the time I apply), so I do have adequate clinical experience to supplement this.

1) Yes. Use the AMCAS "Repeated" feature to break your involvement into two timeframes with two separate Total Hours, both of which will appear at the top of the entry. Explain the year off in the narrative.

2) How many total hours do you have from the two timeframes at the clinic?

 

[brockhamptonfanacct]

1) Yes. Use the AMCAS "Repeated" feature to break your involvement into two timeframes with two separate Total Hours, both of which will appear at the top of the entry. Explain the year off in the narrative.

2) How many total hours do you have from the two timeframes at the clinic?

Thank you, I'll do that! Unfortunately, right now, I only have around 150 total from the clinic. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to raise that number in the year and a half I have left to apply, if COVID permits. Do you foresee my current hour count being an issue?

 

[Catalystik]

Thank you, I'll do that! Unfortunately, right now, I only have around 150 total from the clinic. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to raise that number in the year and a half I have left to apply, if COVID permits. Do you foresee my current hour count being an issue?

No.

 

[brockhamptonfanacct]

No.

I appreciate you responding to what likely seems like a silly question, thank you. Browsing SDN's thousand-hour-across-the-board superstar posts perturbs me more than it should on occasion.

 

[Catalystik]

I appreciate you responding to what likely seems like a silly question, thank you. Browsing SDN's thousand-hour-across-the-board superstar posts perturbs me more than it should on occasion.

It perturbs me that a few SDN posters recommend a high Total-Hour standard that maybe two schools seem to expect.

 

[brockhamptonfanacct]

It perturbs me that a few SDN posters recommend a high Total-Hour standard that maybe two schools seem to expect.

I'm grateful that you counter them with your insight, then, because I would be lying if I said it didn't make me feel inadequate on occasion. So thank you for all that you do!

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

It perturbs me that a few SDN posters recommend a high Total-Hour standard that maybe two schools seem to expect.

I thought 100+ hrs for each category (clinical/non-clinical) is enough with good stats but some adcoms keep saying 200+ oe higher.