Dental Clinic - Volunteering/Shadowing

[super frank]

I spend time at a dental clinic as a dental assistant/observing, but I realize people also lump that into hours spent volunteering. I do help with outpatient logistics and administration, but it is not substantial enough to be considered "volunteering" in weight alone (in terms of hours spent).

What I'm getting at... Would assisting/observing in a dental clinic count as volunteer work?

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[I want to go to there]

No, you aren't suppose to double count. If you do, you are lying on your application.

 

[ajj70]

It depends. If you aren't double counting the hours, yes, it could be volunteer work. I shadowed a GP last summer for about 90 hours. About 1/2 of those hours were for the Medicaid clinic they have where I was interacting with patients, helping with registration, etc. I plan to put those hours under volunteer work and the remaining hours under shadowing hours.