Health Scholar (Clinical Care Extender) vs Shadowing

[cloudstrife2054]

Can anyone please give me input on pros and cons of each? I am debating which is better and which route I should take, if not both.

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[Ismet]

What does a health scholar do?

 

[cloudstrife2054]

What does a health scholar do?

They work with nurses and do nurse related work: bathe patients, help them walk, discharge, etc.

 

[Lawpy]

Can anyone please give me input on pros and cons of each? I am debating which is better and which route I should take, if not both.

This is up to you. Medical schools just want to see whether you have strong and sufficient clinical experience so that you can show them you know what you're going into for the next 40+ years. As long as you have some direct exposure to patients and know what physicians do on a regular basis, you will be fine.

 

[Domepiece]

This is somewhat asking if you should do hospital volunteering or shadowing. You should probably do both. Shadowing allegedly shows you have seen the realities of providing healthcare from the prospective of the doctor besides what is assumed from television and hearsay. Shadowing doesn't have to be a long commitment. A couple of hours for a couple of weeks with the provider will likely suffice. The HS/CCE program will allow you to somewhat understand the patient side of healthcare, the duties of day to day health care team members (nurses/nursing assistants/techs), and show sustained commitment with volunteering weekly for 1+ years in addition to interactions with physicians in the upper tier floors.

 

[Kween_aziz]

Hello future practitioners,

I’ll post this on multiple forums because I know many of those have an opinion on the Clinical extender program. I do this program about 4 years ago and it has been one of my biggest regrets I’ve done in my life. Initially I went into it wanting to pursue nursing but come to find out their tasks and assignments they have you doing is equivalent to what you’ll do as a CNA/ Caregiver . Mind you the site that I did is located in the Inland Empire , which there a higher fee to what I’ve paid before. The fact that your paying over $200 dollars plus 8 units of cresit is baloney. My time there I was mentally abused by the ED staff and the Labor and delivery staff. I left the program for undisclosed and personal reasons but if you ever have the chance to look up what caregivers , CNAs, Hospice Aides scope of practice CCE is nearly identical to it. As of now I made $150 and up to $600 a day doing the same job that they do. The money is so great I was able to even put a down payment on a car. Kindly please consider doing other PAID fields before you waste your time and effort doing his one. Several friends who are physicians either applied multiple years in a row because they had this experience or their hours they committed to this lame ass internship DIDNT count for PA schools. I’m not trying to sugar coat anything or undermine someone’s else’s experience I’m just giving you the real truth to their program and I will stay true to it. Best of luck my future practitioners.

 

[DokterMom]

Oooh, Oooh! I've got a great business idea. Instead of hiring people to help bathe patients and change bedpans, I'll get eager pre-meds to do it for free! No! - Even better - I'll get them to pay me! Give it a fancy title and maybe even some type of 'credits' and a 'certificate'. Tell anyone who complains that they're not cut out for a career in health or that a failure to complete the internship won't look good on their applications...

 

[deleted480308]

Hello future practitioners,

I’ll post this on multiple forums because I know many of those have an opinion on the Clinical extender program. I do this program about 4 years ago and it has been one of my biggest regrets I’ve done in my life. Initially I went into it wanting to pursue nursing but come to find out their tasks and assignments they have you doing is equivalent to what you’ll do as a CNA/ Caregiver . Mind you the site that I did is located in the Inland Empire , which there a higher fee to what I’ve paid before. The fact that your paying over $200 dollars plus 8 units of cresit is baloney. My time there I was mentally abused by the ED staff and the Labor and delivery staff. I left the program for undisclosed and personal reasons but if you ever have the chance to look up what caregivers , CNAs, Hospice Aides scope of practice CCE is nearly identical to it. As of now I made $150 and up to $600 a day doing the same job that they do. The money is so great I was able to even put a down payment on a car. Kindly please consider doing other PAID fields before you waste your time and effort doing his one. Several friends who are physicians either applied multiple years in a row because they had this experience or their hours they committed to this lame ass internship DIDNT count for PA schools. I’m not trying to sugar coat anything or undermine someone’s else’s experience I’m just giving you the real truth to their program and I will stay true to it. Best of luck my future practitioners.

Exactly what did you think should be able to do that a cna couldn’t?

 

[gyngyn]

I’ll post this on multiple forums because I know many of those have an opinion on the Clinical extender program.

Cross posting is not permitted.

 

[Kween_aziz]

Exactly what did you think should be able to do that a cna couldn’t?

I apologize if I misunderstood your question. I assume you are referring to what CNA’s do that a CCE can’t do. They’re paid like atleast $200-300 per shift doing the exact , equivalent work . I got accepted to schools with my CNA exp and doing CCE exp was rather underlooked. CCEs don’t chart because we’re not “legitimate employees “but we did patients vitals and patient care that PAID professionals do. The program has some red flags going into it and the morale of it is I could’ve volunteered at an orphanage or did missions trip or feed meals to skid row ; something that is worth more value than sitting there getting mentally and verbally abused. This is partly due to not performing their JOB. I hope I answered your question appropriately

 

[Kween_aziz]

Cross posting is not permitted.

No problem Thank you for informing me on this

 

[Kween_aziz]

Oooh, Oooh! I've got a great business idea. Instead of hiring people to help bathe patients and change bedpans, I'll get eager pre-meds to do it for free! No! - Even better - I'll get them to pay me! Give it a fancy title and maybe even some type of 'credits' and a 'certificate'. Tell anyone who complains that they're not cut out for a career in health or that a failure to complete the internship won't look good on their applications...

You had me with the giggles with this post . I’m on board with starting his business. I could a few extra coins to cover a third of my student loans, that’s not a bad idea. Eagerness is more like desperateness and oh oh if you don’t do they’re task the way their paid to do it , they’re gonna tell on you and your gonna get this nationwide email in how the staff is nagging on you because you don’t have a certificate or their cute itty license . If your not signing up for shifts you know what the boogie monster does wearing a worn down suits. He/she aregoona try to discipline you like they’re your boss . Hell they don’t even get paid , you heard it first . Oooooooh you gonna be in big trouble by voluntary administrative members

 

[Kween_aziz]

Can anyone please give me input on pros and cons of each? I am debating which is better and which route I should take, if not both.

I strongly advice working or shadowing. Do you any ideas on gaining other sources of patient care experience?