Patientcontact related jobs that take the least training and can substitute "hospital volunteering"?

[Drakeyboo]

Does anyone have good ideas of any medical jobs that include patient contact and require less than 3 months training?

And that can also substitute "hospital volunteering"? (Aka, med schools will still accept you if you have no hospital volunteering, but have worked at the clinical job)

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[deleted407021]

As in an employed position?

 

[Drakeyboo]

As in an employed position?

Yes. As in, getting clinical experience while being paid. So that I won't have to volunteer at a hospital.

 

[turayza]

EMT and CNA both have short training periods. Unless you have experience though (acquirable through volunteering sometimes), you will likely not be working in a hospital right away--as an EMT, probably for AMR and as a CNA, in a nursing home or clinic.

 

[Drakeyboo]

EMT and CNA both have short training periods. Unless you have experience though (acquirable through volunteering sometimes), you will likely not be working in a hospital right away--as an EMT, probably for AMR and as a CNA, in a nursing home or clinic.

I looked at my local community college's website, and their EMT training is 2 years long, full time... that's not very short. What about scribing? Do you think scribing could substitute hospital volunteering?

 

[Drakeyboo]

I looked at my local community college's website, and their EMT training is 2 years long, full time... that's not very short. What about scribing? Do you think scribing could substitute hospital volunteering?

or maybe that is the paramedic training... does the EMT training give some sort of certificate, or an entire associates degree?

 

[Planes2Doc]

If you do this, you will still need to volunteer. So if this is only an attempt to not do volunteering on top of paid work, then it won't work. Hospital volunteering is great because you kill two birds with one stone. You check the clinical experience plus volunteering checkboxes, while only being committed to the activity a few hours once weekly, which leaves time to study and do other things in your life. I would highly suggesr re-evaluating this decision, as a clinical job will require far more commitment, will not make you stand out, give you less time to study and do personal things, and you'll still need to volunteer on top of that.

 

[turayza]

or maybe that is the paramedic training... does the EMT training give some sort of certificate, or an entire associates degree?

Whoa 2 years sounds like paramedic training. EMT training is 3-6 months depending on your program. Scribing counts as clinical experience. Usually scribing contracts are 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time though, so there's a bit of a commitment involved.

And @Planes2Doc makes an excellent point in saying that you should still have some sort of community service. Whether or not you choose to do clinically related volunteering doesn't matter, but you definitely need to do some community service. If you have some other volunteering commitment, it'd be great to get paid for clinical experience 🙂

 

[Planes2Doc]

Whoa 2 years sounds like paramedic training. EMT training is 3-6 months depending on your program. Scribing counts as clinical experience. Usually scribing contracts are 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time though, so there's a bit of a commitment involved.

And @Planes2Doc makes an excellent point in saying that you should still have some sort of community service. Whether or not you choose to do clinically related volunteering doesn't matter, but you definitely need to do some community service. If you have some other volunteering commitment, it'd be great to get paid for clinical experience 🙂

Yeah paramedic is not something you should pursue, as it is a career-track, just like becoming a nurse is. I would definitely stay away from anything beyond EMT.

 

[mik30102]

Its not hospital related but maybe a home health aid. I don't believe there is any training needed, and there is of course a lot of patient contact. However the job itself is not the best.

 

[deleted407021]

Yes. As in, getting clinical experience while being paid. So that I won't have to volunteer at a hospital.

That is fine, but you will still need some clinical and non-clinical volunteering. As for the former, try and find a free clinic that serves the uninsured.

 

[HopefulReapp]

Patient care assistant/associate in a hospital. Gives you hands down the best clinical experience you can get. You just need a way to defend "why not nursing" during interviews, but other than that it will set you apart from other applicants.

 

[theseeker4]

That is fine, but you will still need some clinical and non-clinical volunteering. As for the former, try and find a free clinic that serves the uninsured.

OP will need volunteering, and will need clinical exposure. Many people kill two birds with one stone by doing clinical volunteering, but there is no need for clinical volunteering in addition to both non-clinical volunteering and paid clinical employment.

 

[Drakeyboo]

OP will need volunteering, and will need clinical exposure. Many people kill two birds with one stone by doing clinical volunteering, but there is no need for clinical volunteering in addition to both non-clinical volunteering and paid clinical employment.

Are you sure that if I do the 100 hours of clinical volunteering, that I won't need any extra community service? If I have literally no other community service

 

[deleted407021]

Are you sure that if I do the 100 hours of clinical volunteering, that I won't need any extra community service? If I have literally no other community service

You should have some non clinical volunteering that supports your community. That is expressly mentioned by many in the WAMC forum all the time.

 

[mehc012]

Scribe. No training, full-time or part-time 100% clinical exposure plus (usually) an LOR from a doc!

 

[theseeker4]

Are you sure that if I do the 100 hours of clinical volunteering, that I won't need any extra community service? If I have literally no other community service

Having additional volunteering/community service will help. It is unlikely to make or break your application, so in that way, it is NOT required most places to have both. It is far more important to have meaningful things to say about your activities, and be able to discuss a few of them passionately, than it is to have a ton of boxes checked and not much to say about anything.

 

[Catalystik]

Does anyone have good ideas of any medical jobs that include patient contact and require less than 3 months training?

Medical office receptionist/assistant, hospital transporter, physical therapy or rehab aide, nursing home dietary aide.

 

[Pacna]

Whoa 2 years sounds like paramedic training. EMT training is 3-6 months depending on your program. Scribing counts as clinical experience. Usually scribing contracts are 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time though, so there's a bit of a commitment involved.

Not really. Nobody stays through the full contract. That's really just a gimmick to try to get you to stick around. There are no negative repercussions to leaving early.

 

[turayza]

Not really. Nobody stays through the full contract. That's really just a gimmick to try to get you to stick around. There are no negative repercussions to leaving early.

It's probably not very good to go into a contract (gimmick or not) with intention of breaking it.... 🙁

 

[phunky]

Research assistant in a clinical research group. I (among other things) see patients almost every day enrolling them in our studies. I also kill two birds with one stone by getting clinical and research experience at the same time. Throw in some non-medical volunteering and you cover all your bases.

 

[Pacna]

It's probably not very good to go into a contract (gimmick or not) with intention of breaking it.... 🙁

I can't disagree, but it's hardly a contract if it's unenforceable.

 

[Planes2Doc]

I can't disagree, but it's hardly a contract if it's unenforceable.

I think that if scribe companies are hiring pre-meds, they aren't oblivious to the things that pre-meds do. While it may be burning bridges, I doubt that it will have much effect if any, in the long run (considering you'll only be a resident in so many years). Pre-meds will continue to do what's best for themselves first, and that's not going to change anytime soon.

 

[Pacna]

I think that if scribe companies are hiring pre-meds, they aren't oblivious to the things that pre-meds do. While it may be burning bridges, I doubt that it will have much effect if any, in the long run (considering you'll only be a resident in so many years). Pre-meds will continue to do what's best for themselves first, and that's not going to change anytime soon.

The fact is that you can't pay someone with a college degree $8.25, expect them to work overnight (often with no differential), and work full time while expecting them to stay for an entire year. If pride is no object, bills still are.

 

[Planes2Doc]

The fact is that you can't pay someone with a college degree $8.25, expect them to work overnight (often with no differential), and work full time while expecting them to stay for an entire year. If pride is no object, bills still are.

Unless they are applying to medical school. 😉

But so true! There was a thread a while back about college people who couldn't get into certain entry-level clinical jobs. The general consensus was that places that didn't want transient pre-meds and wanted career-focused people (believe it or not, they exist, just watch daytime television) will not hire pre-meds, no matter how impressive their college resumes are!

 

[DrHa]

Scribing is great. You'll get to see things that you would never get to as a volunteer. Plus you learn a ton. No schooling, but there's a steep learning curve that I guess scares away people during training, especially if you work in a busy ED. And it's around the time of year that scribe companies will start hiring since most scribes are going off to med/nursing/PA school.

 

[Great White Buffalo]

I looked at my local community college's website, and their EMT training is 2 years long, full time... that's not very short. What about scribing? Do you think scribing could substitute hospital volunteering?

I did a 1 semester EMT basic training class (cost about $1K). Then I volunteered at the Red Cross for the events staffing programs (provide first responder medical aid). I loved it, and got to go to a lot of events for free in the community and state wide (football/basketball games, and staffed marathons, warrior dashes, bike rides for Wish a Mile). Worthwhile, fun and real patient care (not just looking at patients).

 

[mvenus929]

Phlebotomy. Sometimes you can get a job without any training at all.