Hours of clinical exposure

[Jyggaswoop]

Hello. This goes out to everyone who got accepted. I was just wondering how many clinical/volunteering hours you guys had. I currently am sitting at a 3.5 gpa and hope to get it by 3.6 by next semester's end. During the semester I have to study for the mcat, shadow and volunteer at my local hospital because I wasn't pre med before this semester. Thanks

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[Doc_Ock]

Hello. This goes out to everyone who got accepted. I was just wondering how many clinical/volunteering hours you guys had. I currently am sitting at a 3.5 gpa and hope to get it by 3.6 by next semester's end. During the semester I have to study for the mcat, shadow and volunteer at my local hospital because I wasn't pre med before this semester. Thanks

Around 1500


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[SpartanDOnoharm]

I had around 9000 clinical hours, but I'm a non-trad that worked in a hospital for several years.

 

[stickgirl390]

I’m definitely the black sheep for this answer. I only had 35 hours of shadowing and 0 hours of human clinical experience. I supplemented with 4000+ hours of animal clinical experience at a veterinary hospital. It’s made for some difficult interview questions, but I was able to snag two acceptances so far this cycle.

 

[ronglo]

Like 32 shadowing and 75 clinical volunteering

 

[RealAlexJones]

I had 16 hours of shadowing, 150 hours of clinical volunteering, and 2,000 paid clinical

 

[MyGrainAura]

I’m definitely the black sheep for this answer. I only had 35 hours of shadowing and 0 hours of human clinical experience. I supplemented with 4000+ hours of animal clinical experience at a veterinary hospital. It’s made for some difficult interview questions, but I was able to snag two acceptances so far this cycle.

I’m extremely curious how you spun that one


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[stickgirl390]

I’m extremely curious how you spun that one


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I just have to clarify what human medicine has that, for me, vet med was lacking. They have similarities and differences, and my interviewers wanted to see that I could talk about both, and justify “why not vet med”.

 

[rg2o3]

Around 3,000

 

[Magus5454]

About 2000 paid, 30 ish shadowing

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

I had roughly 400 emergency volunteer hours over a year and a half, 100 non-clinical volunteer and about 100 shadowing hours. Don't get discouraged by people here telling you they have a mountain of hours. Your application should be well rounded. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if you have 10,000 hours as a CNA or scribe because that won't be your job. The purpose of this EC is to show longevity in your involvement and that you have a general idea of what clinical work environments look like.

 

[festivespartan]

~3000 paid clinical hours, 50 volunteer, 20 shadowing