Hi all,
I currently work as a Laboratory Scientist in pharmaceutical drug development, it’s not patient facing as we develop assays and test samples that come from clinical trials handled off-site. All of our science is based around drug development and part of my responsibilities are to provide feedback to our Translational Scientists team with respect to adjustments to dosing or trial protocols.
Under the Experiences section of the AACOMAS application page I’m unsure if I can (or should) include this in ‘Health Related Experience’ or if this falls under ‘Research’? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I’ve included the text from the AACOMAS Application’s Experience section below.
I currently work as a Laboratory Scientist in pharmaceutical drug development, it’s not patient facing as we develop assays and test samples that come from clinical trials handled off-site. All of our science is based around drug development and part of my responsibilities are to provide feedback to our Translational Scientists team with respect to adjustments to dosing or trial protocols.
Under the Experiences section of the AACOMAS application page I’m unsure if I can (or should) include this in ‘Health Related Experience’ or if this falls under ‘Research’? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I’ve included the text from the AACOMAS Application’s Experience section below.
- Health Related Experience: Both paid and unpaid work or internships in a health or health-related field. This includes direct patient care and shadowing experiences. This section should also include health related experiences without direct patient interaction; for example, filling prescriptions, performing clerical work, delivering patient food, cleaning patients and/or their rooms, administering food or medication, taking vitals or other record-keeping information, working as a scribe, CNA (depending on job description), medical assistant, etc.
- Non-Healthcare Employment: Paid work done outside of the health care field or a research lab; for example, a retail or restaurant job. Paid, non-healthcare internships should also be included.
- Research: Any experience working on a research project, preferably in addition to or outside of regular classroom work. This may include student research positions, research technician positions, summer research student, master’s rotational student, etc. Optional academic enrichment programs (Example: a pre-medical summer program, federal TRIO program) should also be included in this section.
