Questions about Primary App

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duckyt

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Hi! I had a few questions leading up to the submission of my primary:

1) I have some shadowing hours where I shadowed clinical neuropsychology testing (for pre/post pediatric brain surgery purposes). However, the physicians handed me off to PhDs to shadow that particular part. Should I leave these off entirely, or should I still include them, just at the bottom with some "Other Clinical Observation" title? I did learn a lot from these experiences about patient care (specifically from the family interview), but MD/DOs were just not the people in the room. For reference, I still have 75+ hours of shadowing otherwise. With this, it would be about ~`100.

2) Should research-based Work & Activities description be more focused on what skills/ideas you took away from it, or more resume-styled and focused on your project/outputs/deliverables? Most of my W/A are focused on my objective performance/accomplishments rather than explaining what I've learned, other than hospice/shelter volunteering and my MME essays. Is that okay?

3) For an independent research project, can I list the contact as myself? I did two presentations @ conferences/summits, and I could list a mentor who found me through those projects, but technically this mentor never contributed or advised me on the research. Still, they could confirm my hours or output if needed.

Thank you for your time! 🙂