How valuable is post grad work experience?

[EReid1]

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Hey guys,

I graduated in fall of 2011. Following graduation I worked as a CNA at a nursing home full time for 6 months (absolute hell.. there are no words). I'm now working in a level 1 trauma center as a tech (60 - 80 hours a week). Planning on applying in June, and working until my eventual (fingers crossed) acceptance.

I'm just wondering how favorably this is looked at by the admissions committees. Is this anything special, or is it just run of the mill BS that everyone is expected to have?

Didn't decide that I wanted to become a doctor until my senior year, so I've only got a couple hundred volunteer hours logged (ER and GI). Hoping to at least somewhat compensate for that... Aside from studying for the MCAT I don't really have any academic commitments right now, which I suppose detracts from the value of the work experience...

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance

tl;dr: where does post graduation work experience in the healthcare field rank as an EC?

 

[LizzyM]

Hey guys,

I graduated in fall of 2011. Following graduation I worked as a CNA at a nursing home full time for 6 months (absolute hell.. there are no words). I'm now working in a level 1 trauma center as a tech (60 - 80 hours a week). Planning on applying in June, and working until my eventual (fingers crossed) acceptance.

I'm just wondering how favorably this is looked at by the admissions committees. Is this anything special, or is it just run of the mill BS that everyone is expected to have?

Didn't decide that I wanted to become a doctor until my senior year, so I've only got a couple hundred volunteer hours logged (ER and GI). Hoping to at least somewhat compensate for that... Aside from studying for the MCAT I don't really have any academic commitments right now, which I suppose detracts from the value of the work experience...

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance

tl;dr: where does post graduation work experience in the healthcare field rank as an EC?

Work in healthcare beats folding clothes at Old Navy. It beats being unemployed. It demonstrates that you aren't too proud to start at the bottom and do the menial tasks at low wages that are required to keep the ill and disabled clean and nourished. It is going to be a plus on your application.