Does my clinical research count as clinical experience?

[bme94]

Hello all,

I was wondering if my clinical research counted as clinical experience.
Here's a brief description: I work in a children's hospital, and examine patient charts and acute medical history in order to determine whether patients are eligible for certain studies. For a lot of these studies, I'm working side by side with physicians. I confirm patient eligibility with physicians, tell them what medications people are supposed to receive specific to the study, and I interact with both the patients and their families.

Also during this time I do other things (like getting blankets, wheelchairs, water) etc.

Any feedback would be most appreciated!

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[CatFactorial]

If you're getting blankets, wheelchairs, and water for the physicians, then no. If those things are for patients, then yes.

 

[bme94]

If you're getting blankets, wheelchairs, and water for the physicians, then no. If those things are for patients, then yes.

Haha, sorry. Should have been more specific. Yes, directly for the patients.

 

[Catalystik]

I was wondering if my clinical research counted as clinical experience.
Here's a brief description: I work in a children's hospital, and examine patient charts and acute medical history in order to determine whether patients are eligible for certain studies. For a lot of these studies, I'm working side by side with physicians. I confirm patient eligibility with physicians, tell them what medications people are supposed to receive specific to the study, and I interact with both the patients and their families.

Also during this time I do other things (like getting blankets, wheelchairs, water) etc.

Any feedback would be most appreciated!

It sounds like it could be a decent clinical experience, but it might not be broad enough if you were in the presence of each child for 5 minutes, only while talking with their parents, or if all the kids represented the same condition or were hospitalized electively.

 

[deliciouscookies]

It sounds like it could be a decent clinical experience, but it might not be broad enough if you were in the presence of each child for 5 minutes, only while talking with their parents, or if all the kids represented the same condition or were hospitalized electively.

I agree with Catalystik in that I'm not seeing a lot of patient interaction from your description. It sounds like you're mainly working with patient medical information, as opposed to the patient themselves.The good news is, being in a clinical setting already, it shouldn't be terribly hard to seek out these interactions. For example, you could accompany physicians when they see the patient and provide study support.