Does Practice Marketing Director Count As Experience?

[J90]

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I am the Marketing Director at a private practice. Because of this I have had the unique ability to see all of the different parts of what makes medicine work. I have greeted patients, observed technicians and physicians, and watched several in-office surgeries. I also work with physicians on patient education materials. The direct patient interaction time is very infrequent though. Truly, those experiences are sprinkled on top of my real job. I mostly work with managing staff and the physicians directly. I wonder what this would count for? Leadership, clinical, etc. If anything, I feel like I see the "behind the scenes" of what a physician faces when trying to balance patient care and running a business. Any thoughts are welcome.

Also, I have asked if I can volunteer at our practice, but our administrator won't allow it because they think it will cause distraction in my current role. Between working full time and going to school I am finding difficulty getting any clinical experience.

 

[WedgeDawg]

I think you'd be hard pressed to sell this as clinical experience, unfortunately. You're not really working with patients in a caregiving capacity in any sort beyond extremely brief, superficial interactions. You have to convince adcoms that you know that you want to be working with, around, and for sick people your entire life. Just sometimes greeting patients won't make the cut.

The observation and watching can be counted as shadowing.

 

[doc05]

No

 

[LizzyM]

It is employment, non-military. I don't remember if "employment, non-clinical" is an option but if it is, then you 'd be wise to choose it over "employment, clinical"

 

[J90]

I think you'd be hard pressed to sell this as clinical experience, unfortunately. You're not really working with patients in a caregiving capacity in any sort beyond extremely brief, superficial interactions. You have to convince adcoms that you know that you want to be working with, around, and for sick people your entire life. Just sometimes greeting patients won't make the cut.

The observation and watching can be counted as shadowing.

Thank you for a straight-forward and clear answer!