Is linkedin a helpful site for premeds if not any other suggestions on sites?

[gogeter82]

I find this site helpful as well.
I have friends in business and law who sware by linkedin.
Is this site helpful to premed/postbac/prospective med students?
If on linkedin what have been your experiences?
If not on linkedin what other sites have you had helpful suggestions?
Thanks

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[The Buff OP]

In my opinion, no. Linkedin is more of a resume website. SDN is the best out there for information. Mdapps is also a good website people post their stats, what school's they have applied to, and you could see what stats do people have that got accepted to those schools.

 

[Pacna]

Linkedin isn't a helpful website for anything in my experience.

 

[Aerus]

It's useless for the traditional premed, in my eyes.

 

[inycepoo]

I find this site helpful as well.
I have friends in business and law who sware by linkedin.
Is this site helpful to premed/postbac/prospective med students?
If on linkedin what have been your experiences?
If not on linkedin what other sites have you had helpful suggestions?
Thanks

BuzzFeed has been pretty good.

 

[nemo123]

Linkedin isn't a helpful website for anything in my experience.

It's good for stalking people. 😛

 

[plumhill]

It's good for stalking people. 😛

Not really since you get notifications of who had viewed your profile.

 

[bambam92]

Yeah Linkedin is more for business people to network. Also to get your resume out there for prospective employers--but as a pre-med don't think you would be getting too many hits. The people benefitting from Linkedin the most are those that have an MBA from a top school, and are primary focused in finance/investing.

 

[nemo123]

Not really since you get notifications of who had viewed your profile.

Unless you don't have a LinkedIn like me. 😀

 

[The Buff OP]

Unless you don't have a LinkedIn like me. 😀

 

[darkjedi]

I don't think i've ever used linkedin except as an online resume page.

Even when I was working in finance it was of little value. For some reason I still like having it though...

 

[baboxxyun]

I always thought linkedin was more structured towards business and networking.

That said, I rarely see doctors with a linkedin profile. (maybe this is just me? lol)
I was told it was because physicians get the majority of their patients from references from other doctors or other patients. Linkedin does little to help with this.

As a premed, linkedin is even more useless... especially since you don't need any of the services that linkedin provides. Not like you're trying to get a corporate job after you graduate.
Besides, a premeds path is pretty straight forward. undergrad --> med school --> residency.