How many hospitals?

[Dr.Sticks]

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From what I have gather, one should volunteer at a minimum of two different places. A non-clinical/non-hospital based place, and a clinical/hospital based place. However does that mean you should also volunteer at multiple clinical, and non clinical places or just one of each long term?

 

[ndafife]

You are over thinking this. Find a place you like and stick with it.

N=1, but I volunteered at 0 hospitals.

 

[Dr. Retractor]

Volunteer with stuff you care about. Trying to fulfill a 'rule' of volunteering at X places doesn't set you up for success.

 

[NickNaylor]

There is no "rule" here. Volunteering at different places with different settings is more beneficial to you as a person interested in becoming a physician than it is to you as an applicant to medical school. By volunteering in different settings, you will get a broader understanding of what medicine "is about" and can perhaps leverage those experiences when talking about why you want to be a physician, your interests, etc., but no one is going to be looking at your app to "make sure" that you spent time in multiple settings.