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Here's the deal. I come from a small town of about 11,000 with a small hospital. My town's hospital usually serves just to stabilize a patient so they can be flown to a bigger, better hospital. I'm hoping to get involved so I can have this in my ECs. At the moment, I have a 4.0 (going into my 6th semester) and a 27Q (plan to do alot better this coming January).
I plan to see if I can shadow a doctor there or do some volunteer work there, but will it mean anything to adcoms when there is really not that much going on at my hospital? I guess I could hit up some of the private practices around town...
How much does this kind of thing need to go for it to be considered experience? I'm afraid it really won't matter that I spent many, many hours at my less flashy hospital! Should I be worried?
I plan to see if I can shadow a doctor there or do some volunteer work there, but will it mean anything to adcoms when there is really not that much going on at my hospital? I guess I could hit up some of the private practices around town...
How much does this kind of thing need to go for it to be considered experience? I'm afraid it really won't matter that I spent many, many hours at my less flashy hospital! Should I be worried?