Hi,
I just had a few questions about documenting experiences on AACOMAS. I have shadowed a couple different doctors for substantial hours and it would seem reasonable to me to put that in my experiences. However, I have also had about 3-4 instances of shadowing a physician for just one day, and I was wondering if that is something that we would generally include?
Also, in terms of non-healthcare employment - are they really interested in all the jobs that I have had? Or just the ones that may have been somehow meaningful - such as working while I was in school in retail, showing that I took on extra activities. Or to the contrast, after school, when I worked construction for about 6 months - would they want to hear that for some reason?
Lastly, I also just had a quick question on differentiating and describing activities. When describing activities do they want just solid examples of what you did in just a quick easy to read style, or is it more beneficial to describe it in a way of what you were able to learn and gain as well. Then for differentiation, for example, I've worked as a scribe in both the ED and in primary care (both during the same time period too.) They obviously had similar key responsibilities, but there were definitely some differences too. They were also at different locations. So I was wondering if they should be put in two different experiences or one merged together.
Thanks so much in advance,
Brandon
I just had a few questions about documenting experiences on AACOMAS. I have shadowed a couple different doctors for substantial hours and it would seem reasonable to me to put that in my experiences. However, I have also had about 3-4 instances of shadowing a physician for just one day, and I was wondering if that is something that we would generally include?
Also, in terms of non-healthcare employment - are they really interested in all the jobs that I have had? Or just the ones that may have been somehow meaningful - such as working while I was in school in retail, showing that I took on extra activities. Or to the contrast, after school, when I worked construction for about 6 months - would they want to hear that for some reason?
Lastly, I also just had a quick question on differentiating and describing activities. When describing activities do they want just solid examples of what you did in just a quick easy to read style, or is it more beneficial to describe it in a way of what you were able to learn and gain as well. Then for differentiation, for example, I've worked as a scribe in both the ED and in primary care (both during the same time period too.) They obviously had similar key responsibilities, but there were definitely some differences too. They were also at different locations. So I was wondering if they should be put in two different experiences or one merged together.
Thanks so much in advance,
Brandon