Lacking clinical employment a disadvantage?

[roadhogmain]

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I recently checked out the MSAR and noticed that at most schools, the % of incoming class clinical employment has been trending up. It's now around 70%. Is it a disadvantage to only have clinical volunteering?

I am a (rural) volunteer EMT-B and have done ride alongs with paid EMT crews during my training. There is no difference in what we do versus paid crews, except that our medical care is free.

 

[LunaOri]

No, volunteer versus paid makes no difference. Do you also have shadowing?

 

[Goro]

I recently checked out the MSAR and noticed that at most schools, the % of incoming class clinical employment has been trending up. It's now around 70%. Is it a disadvantage to only have clinical volunteering?

I am a (rural) volunteer EMT-B and have done ride alongs with paid EMT crews during my training. There is no difference in what we do versus paid crews, except that our medical care is free.

I think that number comes from people who are scribing.

You don't need clinical employment, you just need clinical exposure. That means either volunteer, or paid.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

As Goro says, it's exposure, not employment that matters most.

 

[Adiemus]

Also only had volunteering for clinical experiences (similar rural experience), and my cycle went great. You'll be fine my friend

 

[maybefuturedoctor7]

In addition to what's been said, I think many applicants needed to work during undergrad so they got a clinical job. That way at least their work would help with med school admissions. So there's no advantage, it was just a necessity for some people. A couple of my friends got into T20s without clinical employment.

However, I will say that there are a few schools who do prefer clinical employment - they will explicitly state it on their website and in webinars. Georgetown might be one of them.