Discontinuous activities

[Gladiolus23]

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I'm currently a volunteer scribe at a private clinic. I started in Dec. 2013 for about a month and then stopped. I began volunteering at the same clinic this January and plan to continue until end of summer. I think I will have a total of 100 hours by application time.

On AMCAS, can I put the time range for this activity as Dec. 2013-June 2016 with 100 hrs. or no? Do I have to relay the discontinuity in the activity?

 

[flyingeagle]

I'm currently a volunteer scribe at a private clinic. I started in Dec. 2013 for about a month and then stopped. I began volunteering at the same clinic this January and plan to continue until end of summer. I think I will have a total of 100 hours by application time.

On AMCAS, can I put the time range for this activity as Dec. 2013-June 2016 with 100 hrs. or no? Do I have to relay the discontinuity in the activity?

With a gap that large, I would definitely make it obvious that it was discontinuous.

 

[malina]

That's a significant discontinuity, and it should be noted. It would be dishonest to imply that you had worked there from Dec 2013-June 2016 when the reality is that you only worked there Dec 2013 and Jan 2016-June 2016.

 

[Gladiolus23]

With a gap that large, I would definitely make it obvious that it was discontinuous.

That's a significant discontinuity, and it should be noted. It would be dishonest to imply that you had worked there from Dec 2013-June 2016 when the reality is that you only worked there Dec 2013 and Jan 2016-June 2016.

How badly would this affect the clinical experience part of my application? Considering that this was broken-up, will it be a red flag even if I have 100 hrs of it? I do have lots of shadowing and hospice experience too…

 

[flyingeagle]

How badly would this affect the clinical experience part of my application? Considering that this was broken-up, will it be a red flag even if I have 100 hrs of it? I do have lots of shadowing and hospice experience too…

I'd be concerned if this was your only clinical experience, because it's obvious you are doing lots of hours in about 6 months just for your application (I've heard you should aim for ~150 hours over 1.5 years), but you say you have lots of hospice experience which could help alleviate this.

 

[candbgirl]

Either list them separately or don't mention the December 2013 stint. 100 hours is 2 1/2 years would look rather strange. That would be like 3 hours a month. You could indicate you plan to consider this activity throughout your app cycle.

 

[whatever5]

I can't really remember, but I think there is an option in AMCAS if you did the same activity with gaps in between (ie it lets you put in multiple start/stop dates for an activity).