Medical How should I list extracurriculars (MD)?

[TheBoneDoctah]

I am taking an EMT course over the Fall semester, however it is not through a college/university. Can I list this as an entry for my extracurriculars on AMCAS? I will be volunteering with an EMT squad after being certified so would this be two entries then? I am going to be pausing a few EC's during this semester so I can focus on the EMT class and my other classes so I wanted to show schools that I am actually doing something productive rather than nothing.

This can be an EC and I would list as EMt cert and then the volunteering.

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[Mr.Smile12]

Its the opinion of our faculty that the training hours are not clinical experience. Neither would training for being a scribe. I actually don't see these hours listed a lot on applications; rather the focus is on the actual work hours.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Since this is apparently a future activity anyways, I think it kind of doesn’t matter what you list it as. EC is fine

 

[Catalystik]

"Extracurricular" implies Not related to coursework. So "Other" would be a better designation on the AMCAS application if you want to discuss the class. The EMT volunteering could go in the same space.

Alternatively, list the EMT volunteering under Volunteer/Community Service-Medical/Clinical and refer to the course in the backstory your narrative provides.

Alternatively, yes, you can use two spaces, but "Extracurricular" would not be the best tag for a class description.