medical environments/places where pre-meds can volunteer

[yellowbird12]

Hello,

What places/ or volunteer positions would be considered by adcoms to me
relevant medical volunteer experience?

I know of volunteering at hospital/clinics.
Doctor's offices (although positions there seem more on the line of shadowing than volunteering?what kind of volunteering can one do in doctor's office?)

Are there any other places you could suggest to me of where I can I can volunteer and get relevant medical volunteer experience as a pre-med?

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[1289]

hospice. free clinics.

 

[Catalystik]

Hello,

What places/ or volunteer positions would be considered by adcoms to me
relevant medical volunteer experience?

I know of volunteering at hospital/clinics.
Doctor's offices (although positions there seem more on the line of shadowing than volunteering?what kind of volunteering can one do in doctor's office?)

Are there any other places you could suggest to me of where I can I can volunteer and get relevant medical volunteer experience as a pre-med?

Skilled-level nursing home, Alzheimer's Unit, rehab center.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Medical volunteering is great to gain clinical experience but don't completely blow off non-medical volunteering. A lot of schools want to see that you're involved in the community in other ways as well. An adcom once told me that medical volunteering shows that you did what is expected of you while Non-medical volunteering speaks more to your good character and innate desire to help others. Both play an important role. There are people that get in with little or no non-medical volunteering but it is something that can help you stand out in the pack.

 

[Catalystik]

Medical volunteering is great to gain clinical experience but don't completely blow off non-medical volunteering. A lot of schools want to see that you're involved in the community in other ways as well. An adcom once told me that medical volunteering shows that you did what is expected of you while Non-medical volunteering speaks more to your good character and innate desire to help others. Both play an important role. There are people that get in with little or no non-medical volunteering but it is something that can help you stand out in the pack.

I agree.