Psychiatry Electives

[niccageunderstudy]

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For the application readers in this forum - should we include clinical electives under "work experience" in ERAS?

For example, I did a pretty involved partial hospitalization outpatient elective. The elective is listed on my transcript, but should I use the experiences section to describe the elective/my responsibilities (completed x# intakes, led groups, etc)?

 

[TexasPhysician]

If you weren’t paid, it’s not work experience in my opinion.

 

[Merely]

For the application readers in this forum - should we include clinical electives under "work experience" in ERAS?

For example, I did a pretty involved partial hospitalization outpatient elective. The elective is listed on my transcript, but should I use the experiences section to describe the elective/my responsibilities (completed x# intakes, led groups, etc)?

Wtf r u talking about lol..you want to say that a clinical elective that you did in med school is work experience? No..

 

[Celexa]

For the application readers in this forum - should we include clinical electives under "work experience" in ERAS?

For example, I did a pretty involved partial hospitalization outpatient elective. The elective is listed on my transcript, but should I use the experiences section to describe the elective/my responsibilities (completed x# intakes, led groups, etc)?

No. Sounds like you had a good elective where you actually did things. That's what clinical rotations are supposed to be. You can talk about your experience in your PS or interviews if it helped seal your decision to do psych but it is not work experience.

 

[niccageunderstudy]

Wtf r u talking about lol..you want to say that a clinical elective that you did in med school is work experience? No..

ERAS: "Clinical and Teaching experience should be treated as Work experiences."

 

[Merely]

ERAS: "Clinical and Teaching experience should be treated as Work experiences."

You think it makes sense for everyone to put all of their clinical rotations as work experience?

 

[MusicDOc124]

NO.

 

[psych_psych_psych]

Is work experience for jobs held during medical school or at any point in time such as undergrad?

 

[EarlyCareerAcademicPsych]

Is work experience for jobs held during medical school or at any point in time such as undergrad?

Yes

And it is also for people who have not gone straight through (high school, college, medical school --> residency).

At one point, it was expected that people get jobs for a couple of years before even applying to medical school. I'm not old enough for that to be relevant to me or to my training program but - oh - how I fantasize about it! The maturity that can come from living life as a worker and not only as a student ...

But - to you question which helps the OP - Yes, that is what work experience is for.

 

[psych_psych_psych]

Yes

And it is also for people who have not gone straight through (high school, college, medical school --> residency).

At one point, it was expected that people get jobs for a couple of years before even applying to medical school. I'm not old enough for that to be relevant to me or to my training program but - oh - how I fantasize about it! The maturity that can come from living life as a worker and not only as a student ...

But - to you question which helps the OP - Yes, that is what work experience is for.

So put my jobs from undergrad in my ERAS? They were mostly manual labor jobs or like Home Depot. I didn't have a career or anything.

 

[TexasPhysician]

So put my jobs from undergrad in my ERAS? They were mostly manual labor jobs or like Home Depot. I didn't have a career or anything.

Both me and my roommate had PT jobs in med school. I did add 1 undergrad job that involved test prep as I felt it showed my desire to educate others.

 

[NickNaylor]

I don't think I included job experiences from undergrad, but I did list employment stuff that occurred during medical school. All of those things were academically related in some form or fashion (e.g., being an MCAT instructor), so there was less uncertainty there. I'm not sure that I would list random part-time jobs - not that it would be harmful or anything, I just don't know how it would be relevant other than demonstrating that you are theoretically capable of working "in the real world."