I know the adage is once you think you have done enough, do some more. I have no intentions of ceasing to do clinical vollunteering once I reach some "magical number" of hours or anything. However, speaking in general terms, how many hours does the average accepted individual have?
Let's use where I expect to be hours wise by application time next year as the starting point. This is excluding other volunteering and focusing just on clinical related stuff.
Volunteered at a local hospital in the ER: 43 hours
Shadowed a Dermatologist via summer internship: 25 hours
Volunteering at a local clinic with a lot of patient contact (uninsured clientele): 100 hours
Other Shadowing of various practitioners (lets say 2-3 others): 25 hours
If I don't include High school clinical exposure (although I did have around 80 hours at a clinic in high school) that adds up to approximately 190 - 200 hours give or take.
I realize this is only part of the larger equation, but for people interested in this part, like me, how does this stand up to the averages?
Thanks in advance
Let's use where I expect to be hours wise by application time next year as the starting point. This is excluding other volunteering and focusing just on clinical related stuff.
Volunteered at a local hospital in the ER: 43 hours
Shadowed a Dermatologist via summer internship: 25 hours
Volunteering at a local clinic with a lot of patient contact (uninsured clientele): 100 hours
Other Shadowing of various practitioners (lets say 2-3 others): 25 hours
If I don't include High school clinical exposure (although I did have around 80 hours at a clinic in high school) that adds up to approximately 190 - 200 hours give or take.
I realize this is only part of the larger equation, but for people interested in this part, like me, how does this stand up to the averages?
Thanks in advance
