Scribe vs Research Intern

[msoccer]

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I found a research internship at Columbia and also a scribing job, the internship is unpaid. I'm not sure if I can handle doing both, which one is would medical school committees look more favorable on?

 

[hopefulERdoc251]

how much research do you have now? How much clinical experience do you have?

 

[msoccer]

I have lots of research already, but not a lot of clinical

 

[MDorBust12]

I have lots of research already, but not a lot of clinical

Well then you have answered your own question.

 

[ready2go2]

I found a research internship at Columbia and also a scribing job, the internship is unpaid. I'm not sure if I can handle doing both, which one is would medical school committees look more favorable on?

Gap year or Summer/during school?

 

[Espressso]

I vote scribing. The clinical/patient experiences you get is second to none as a measly pre-med.

Feel free to PM me if you have questions concerning scribing.

 

[eteshoe]

Get paid.

 

[hopefulERdoc251]

Definitely do the scribe job. As others have said, you are lacking the clinical experience and Scribing is the best way to learn, get experience and get paid.

 

[Cara Delevingne]

Definitely research. Better for your future in terms of getting pubs, and your coworkers are actually intelligent. Scribing is a mess of illiterates.

 

[hopefulERdoc251]

OP do you know what field you'd be scribing in?

 

[msoccer]

Honestly I don't care about the pay much, scribing I'm trying to decide which position would be a better experience. The scribing is going to be in a relatively small ER

 

[deforestasian]

I did a summer where I worked full time in a research internship while scribing part time, so it is possible but not exactly fun (just in case you were considering such a thing!)

I would put my two cents on scribing since you already have research.