Does volunteering at a hostel for patients count as clinical experience?

[ohsowhat]

I volunteer at a hostel for patient undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital to stay at. I cook dinner, talk with them, and play games with the kids who are going through treatment. Would that count as clinical experience, since I am interacting with patients, even if it's not in a hospital setting?

 

[Geebeejay]

I volunteer at a hostel for patient undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital to stay at. I cook dinner, talk with them, and play games with the kids who are going through treatment. Would that count as clinical experience, since I am interacting with patients, even if it's not in a hospital setting?

If it's not in the clinic it's not clinical experience. You could work in a gas station near a hospital filling up the tanks for people who might happen to be patients and family members, and it would also not be clinical experience for a similar reason.

 

[mimelim]

If it's not in the clinic it's not clinical experience. You could work in a gas station near a hospital filling up the tanks for people who might happen to be patients and family members, and it would also not be clinical experience for a similar reason.

I think a more accurate description would be:

If you aren't with a physician doing their job, it is not a clinical experience.

The purpose of clinical experience is to see what physicians do and be exposed to patients being treated/cared for.

 

[MedPR]

If it's not in the clinic it's not clinical experience. You could work in a gas station near a hospital filling up the tanks for people who might happen to be patients and family members, and it would also not be clinical experience for a similar reason.

Idk. I think my experiences in NICU are clinical.

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