If you do both Research and Medical Assisting for a doctor, can you separate this on AMCAS?

[droppedit]

Let's say you were hired by a doctor at his private office and given the title Research Assistant. On certain days, you work on the doctor's research.

Then on certain days, you assist the doctor when he sees patients where there is full patient-contact for you (e.g., preparing them to be seen, asking them very basic questions, etc.). This part of the job has nothing to do with the research at all.

I'm expecting I'll be putting at least 500 hours in each by the time I apply.

Are these separable as "Research Hours" vs "Clinical Hours" when applying to AMCAS? OR would it be only labeled as either because the experience is from one entity.

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[efle]

I believe you are not supposed to double count in multiple categories (e.g. no listing your scribing as shadowing and paid emplyoment, no listing your research as lab and paid employment). I'd probably put this down under paid employment - clinical and then describe how much research was involved. I assume this will be a Most Meaningful so you'd have plenty of space.

 

[droppedit]

I believe you are not supposed to double count in multiple categories (e.g. no listing your scribing as shadowing and paid emplyoment, no listing your research as lab and paid employment). I'd probably put this down under paid employment - clinical and then describe how much research was involved. I assume this will be a Most Meaningful so you'd have plenty of space.

Wouldn't my situation be different from your example? A scribe is being paid to do scribe duties and there was no agreement that he/she would shadow while clocked in. In my case, I had 2 explicit duties: research on certain days and medical assistant on certain days. (And I have no intention of using my employment for shadowing hours.)

 

[Catalystik]

Let's say you were hired by a doctor at his private office and given the title Research Assistant. On certain days, you work on the doctor's research.

Then on certain days, you assist the doctor when he sees patients where there is full patient-contact for you (e.g., preparing them to be seen, asking them very basic questions, etc.). This part of the job has nothing to do with the research at all.

I'm expecting I'll be putting at least 500 hours in each by the time I apply.

Are these separable as "Research Hours" vs "Clinical Hours" when applying to AMCAS? OR would it be only labeled as either because the experience is from one entity.

When an experience is multifactorial and covers more than one category, the hours can be split into more than one entry. It doesn't matter that they occur on the same site, but you cannot double count the hours. Doing this gives you more space for description, role, and impact for each component.

If you anticipate this happening, be sure to keep an accurate log of hours spent in each type of activity.

 

[doctorbob23]

Just split the hours dedicated to each and put in different categories

 

[gamieg]

yes you should separate them

 

[efle]

I stand corrected! Double list activities is fine, just not double listing hours!

 

[aldol16]

You can separate or combine anything you want on the AMCAS. Just make sure you take care with the hours - otherwise, you might end up with a lot more than you actually had. The idea of experiences is not to check boxes but rather to demonstrate your passions and competencies. If one experience shows that you have clinical experience and research, then that's even better.