Is this clinical, I think it is, but I need to be sure.

[toff4l]

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I'm still confused as to the definition but I worked in the ER as a registrar for six years. I registered patients and I occasionally helped out staff with only minor things.

Will this satisfy clinical experience. I mean the ER was my second home for six years. Or is clinical experience something totally different?

BTW, I could smell patients.

 

[Dr McSexy]

Were you around when patient care was delivered?

 

[Beta Cell]

I'm still confused as to the definition but I worked in the ER as a registrar for six years. I registered patients and I occasionally helped out staff with only minor things.

Will this satisfy clinical experience. I mean the ER was my second home for six years. Or is clinical experience something totally different?

BTW, I could smell patients.

If you could smell them, it's clinical.

 

[toff4l]

Were you around when patient care was delivered?

I observed patient care being delivered at every corner because our office was in the middle of the department. I guess my question comes down to observing vs. doing anything with the patients.

I saw sick patients, I saw death, I saw trauma, and whatever else you could imagine in an ER. The key is that I "saw" but because of my job description, I didn't do anything with them.

 

[Geekchick921]

I observed patient care being delivered at every corner because our office was in the middle of the department. I guess my question comes down to observing vs. doing anything with the patients.

I saw sick patients, I saw death, I saw trauma, and whatever else you could imagine in an ER. The key is that I "saw" but because of my job description, I didn't do anything with them.

As someone without any kind of license or certification, you can't do much. Sucks but that's how it is. We're a liability. I was a unit clerk on a med-surg floor for 2 years. The most I ever got to really do was help hold an old lady steady during a thoracentesis or open the sample vials for one of the docs I worked with who knew I was going to medical school and let me stand next to him. I got to see plenty of stuff, though.

So yeah, that sounds like excellent clinical experience, man. 👍

 

[toff4l]

As someone without any kind of license or certification, you can't do much. Sucks but that's how it is. We're a liability. I was a unit clerk on a med-surg floor for 2 years. The most I ever got to really do was help hold an old lady steady during a thoracentesis or open the sample vials for one of the docs I worked with who knew I was going to medical school and let me stand next to him. I got to see plenty of stuff, though.

So yeah, that sounds like excellent clinical experience, man. 👍

Thanks for clearing that up. I was worried that those six years would not count for much and that I would have to do additional volunteering. Clinical experience is so hard to define. I mean as a younger person without a license or any type of certification, you really are limited as to patient contact.

 

[Buttermellow]

BTW, I could smell patients.

This made me laugh. Thanks 🙂

 

[raab32]

Med school admissions folk are not expecting you to be treating patients. That's for the med school to teach you. I think they just want to see that you know what a health care environment is like, that you have an idea of the basic reality of medicine. Your experience is great because you have an intimate understanding of urgent, immediate care. And you also have a LOT to draw from for essays and interviews.

Just out of curiosity, are you interested in going into emergency medicine?

 

[Catalystik]

So yeah, that sounds like excellent clinical experience, man. 👍

+1.

I got most of my "clinical experience" as a medical office receptionist.

 

[toff4l]

Med school admissions folk are not expecting you to be treating patients. That's for the med school to teach you. I think they just want to see that you know what a health care environment is like, that you have an idea of the basic reality of medicine. Your experience is great because you have an intimate understanding of urgent, immediate care. And you also have a LOT to draw from for essays and interviews.

Just out of curiosity, are you interested in going into emergency medicine?

No, I actually decided to pursue a career in medicine after I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and I had to have a colectomy. I would like to be either a gastroenterologist or just stick with internal medicine and become a hospitalist.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

i had an advisor tell me when i applied for a unit clerk position years ago that it was not considered clinical experience, but advisors generally don't know s**t.