Scribe and/or research for recent graduates? For those with no experience in either due to COVID.

[neverwearshorts]

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I just finished my last undergraduate course as of last week and am looking to apply this coming cycle (next cycle too if I don't make it this cycle). I was a transfer student from a California Community College and was able to only spend 6 months at my university before having to move out due to COVID. As a result, I had not been able to gather any research experience and could not risk exposing family members to COVID and had not been able to build up clinical experience. Now certain circumstances have changed (vaccinations & grandmother moving back to Korea) and I have an interview with ScribeAmerica tomorrow. The thing is, I'm also passionate about the field of biochemistry/biology (my major) and want to contribute to research as well. Although I live near a good research university, it is not my alma mater. So the question is, does anyone have any experience scribing full time and volunteering/working part time in research concurrently and if so how did you come by the research position? What is the time commitment like? Is it doable with a full time scribe job?

 

[deleted1037524]

No experience scribing, but research is heavily lab-dependent for both commitment and experience. There are labs where you work plenty of hours while learning very little, and part-time labs that are time-manageable where you learn a ton.

I will say that clinical experience is VITAL to an app, more than any other experience. If you have none ... that's not going to look good. Did you apply already? Have you taken the MCAT? With no clinical experience, I STRONGLY suggest waiting if you have not yet applied. You can explore options to pursue research during this time also.

 

[Doctoscope]

You can get into a med school with no research, but you can't get into any without clinical experience. Prioritize scribing if it's your only option for clinical exp.

Word on this forum is that having a research-heavy application with little to no clinical experience will lead to adcoms questioning why you're not just doing a PhD instead.

 

[LindaAccepted]

I just finished my last undergraduate course as of last week and am looking to apply this coming cycle (next cycle too if I don't make it this cycle). I was a transfer student from a California Community College and was able to only spend 6 months at my university before having to move out due to COVID. As a result, I had not been able to gather any research experience and could not risk exposing family members to COVID and had not been able to build up clinical experience. Now certain circumstances have changed (vaccinations & grandmother moving back to Korea) and I have an interview with ScribeAmerica tomorrow. The thing is, I'm also passionate about the field of biochemistry/biology (my major) and want to contribute to research as well. Although I live near a good research university, it is not my alma mater. So the question is, does anyone have any experience scribing full time and volunteering/working part time in research concurrently and if so how did you come by the research position? What is the time commitment like? Is it doable with a full time scribe job?

I completely agree with @DoctoOcto . Prioritize clinical experience. That being said, is there any possibility that you could scribe part-time and work in a lab part-time? Alternatively, scribe full-time and work in a lab one day a week? I realize that you have a genuine interest in research and really want to do both.

 

[jhmmd]

I completely agree with @DoctoOcto . Prioritize clinical experience. That being said, is there any possibility that you could scribe part-time and work in a lab part-time? Alternatively, scribe full-time and work in a lab one day a week? I realize that you have a genuine interest in research and really want to do both.

There was a very similar thread to this one last year (but it may have been deleted). Doesn't matter where you do research; just get some publications under your belt. Time mgmt will be key in med school so now is your time to shine and show that you can do it! Agree w/the above.