Medical Is it okay to quit a volunteer activity when I get a job?

[TheBoneDoctah]

I'm currently waiting for a likely part-time scribe position that should be available to me in early spring of next year. Covid caused a lot of my plans to be canceled and the only position I was able to secure was a virtual volunteer position that I applied for in June. I only recently began due to training and technical problems, system upgrades, delays etc and unfortunately I'm not enjoying it very much, so would it "look bad" if I quit when I begin scribing?

What kind of volunteering is it? Clinical? Non?

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[GoSpursGo]

If you're not enjoying it, and you are doing something else that is more substantive, jump ship.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Nonclinical. Is it even possible for a virtual opportunity to be "clinical?"

Some students have said they had some clinical stuff. If you need clinical hours then I may consider keeping if you can do both?

 

[AlteredScale]

In this day and age, if you aren interacting with patients in the way of medical care, even virtual, it is still clinical.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

I probably could, but it's not clinical (I don't think the people I'm interacting with are considered patients) and I don't really enjoy it.

If you aren’t enjoying it then don’t do it. There are always other opportunities. If you aren’t enjoying it chances are you aren’t gonna be able to talk about it in interview.