How Are My Extracurriculars?

[fxryker]

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Work Experience

- ER Tech (full-time, level 1 trauma center) [ongoing]
- EMT (part-time, 911 company) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Direct Care Worker (per-diem, autism behavioral services) [21 months for 100 hours]
- Teaching Assistant (per-diem, undergraduate physics) [9 months for 100 hours]

Clinical Volunteering

- EMT (another 911 company) [ongoing]
- ED Volunteer (level 2 trauma center) [ongoing]

Non-clinical Volunteering

- Volunteer Firefighter [ongoing]

Other

- Research Assistant (behavioral neuroendocrinology) [1 year for 500 hours]
- Rugby Player (D1A) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Shadowing (ENT, ER physician, trauma surgeon) [30 hours]
- Skydiving (USPA B-license)

 

[Catalystik]

Work Experience

- ER Tech (full-time, level 1 trauma center) [ongoing]
- EMT (part-time, 911 company) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Direct Care Worker (per-diem, autism behavioral services) [21 months for 100 hours]
- Teaching Assistant (per-diem, undergraduate physics) [9 months for 100 hours]

Clinical Volunteering

- EMT (another 911 company) [ongoing]
- ED Volunteer (level 2 trauma center) [ongoing]

Non-clinical Volunteering

- Volunteer Firefighter [ongoing]

Other

- Research Assistant (behavioral neuroendocrinology) [1 year for 500 hours]
- Rugby Player (D1A) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Shadowing (ENT, ER physician, trauma surgeon) [30 hours]
- Skydiving (USPA B-license)

In general, you're fine, but for broader appeal, you might consider adding some office-based primary care shadowing (internist, peds, family med, OBGYN, psych) and some nonmedical volunteerism where you are directly interacting with a population that is unlike yourself. Perhaps the volunteer firefighting covers the latter, depending on how you spin it. Also, do you have any peer leadership you can highlight? (TA would go under teaching.)

 

[fxryker]

In general, you're fine, but for broader appeal, you might consider adding some office-based primary care shadowing (internist, peds, family med, OBGYN, psych) and some nonmedical volunteerism where you are directly interacting with a population that is unlike yourself. Perhaps the volunteer firefighting covers the latter, depending on how you spin it. Also, do you have any peer leadership you can highlight? (TA would go under teaching.)

My local food bank just started allowing first-responders/healthcare workers back as volunteers, so I might pick up some shifts soon. As for leadership, I ran for both the local AED chapter and student senate, but got neither.

 

[Catalystik]

My local food bank just started allowing first-responders/healthcare workers back as volunteers, so I might pick up some shifts soon.

👍as long as you are interacting with the clients, not just stocking backroom shelves.

As for leadership, I ran for both the local AED chapter and student senate, but got neither.

Might you help to train new EMTs, ER techs, ED volunteers, Research Assistants, or TAs? This would be considered leadership of the sort we look for.

 

[fxryker]

👍as long as you are interacting with the clients, not just stocking backroom shelves.

Might you help to train new EMTs, ER techs, ED volunteers, Research Assistants, or TAs? This would be considered leadership of the sort we look for.

As a direct care worker, I mentored freshman and sophomores with autism, both in social dynamics and academics. I'll run for my station's BLS training committee, and sooner or later start precepting new techs.

 

[DoctorFate]

Work Experience

- ER Tech (full-time, level 1 trauma center) [ongoing]
- EMT (part-time, 911 company) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Direct Care Worker (per-diem, autism behavioral services) [21 months for 100 hours]
- Teaching Assistant (per-diem, undergraduate physics) [9 months for 100 hours]

Clinical Volunteering

- EMT (another 911 company) [ongoing]
- ED Volunteer (level 2 trauma center) [ongoing]

Non-clinical Volunteering

- Volunteer Firefighter [ongoing]

Other

- Research Assistant (behavioral neuroendocrinology) [1 year for 500 hours]
- Rugby Player (D1A) [1 year for 300 hours]
- Shadowing (ENT, ER physician, trauma surgeon) [30 hours]
- Skydiving (USPA B-license)

I think the only thing missing from your application is high level research output. All your other extracurriculars I would classify as "very good". You have some research, but even something as little as getting a single published abstract would show some productivity.

 

[Catalystik]

As a direct care worker, I mentored freshman and sophomores with autism, both in social dynamics and academics.

That would not be leadership. Rather it's considered a form of teaching.

I'll run for my station's BLS training committee, and sooner or later start precepting new techs.

Sounds good.

 

[Catalystik]

You have some research, but even something as little as getting a single published abstract would show some productivity.

Or presenting a poster at a regional or national conference.

 

[DoctorFate]

Or presenting a poster at a regional or national conference.

In my experience, the two are usually paired. You submit an abstract to a conference, present, and then it is published in that month's journal supplement.