Shadowed a general physician: volunteer or work experience?

[alexamasan]

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A couple of years ago I shadowed a general physician. I was not paid. So obviously it won't go under dental experience, so do you think this should be under work experience or volunteer/EC ?

 

[MrBeans]

A couple of years ago I shadowed a general physician. I was not paid. So obviously it won't go under dental experience, so do you think this should be under work experience or volunteer/EC ?

It's not work experience, because you were not paid.

You shadowed, so you really didn't volunteer.

Personally, I wouldn't include it in my application.

Possibly it would fit under academic enrichment, but even this section seems inappropriate to me.

 

[D3Nt1st]

Personally, I wouldn't include it in my application.

I wouldn't either it doesn't really help you as a candidate anyway.

 

[alexamasan]

Hmm, I'm starting to think though that it may go under extracurricular, I don't see a reason why it wouldn't (unless you guys can point one out for me). Sure it wouldn't be directly dental related, but I think most people's extracurriculars aren't really dental related.

Can any of you guys think of a reason why it would not fit under extracurricular?

 

[crmdental]

dental experience

 

[PreDental88]

A couple of years ago I shadowed a general physician. I was not paid. So obviously it won't go under dental experience, so do you think this should be under work experience or volunteer/EC ?

I think you would put it under "Dental Experience" and check the box that says "Job Shadowing" included in that section 😛

 

[alexamasan]

dental experience

Aww, c'mon!

 

[Atticus]

I seriously hope you would have enough common sense to work through this question. Why in this world would you include physician shadowing in your AADSAS application?

 

[alexamasan]

I seriously hope you would have enough common sense to work through this question. Why in this world would you include physician shadowing in your AADSAS application? You need to find a roommate, and have him/her slap you across the face.

Well, you can help with that by giving a reason why it wouldn't fit under extracurricular.

 

[305602]

I seriously hope you would have enough common sense to work through this question. Why in this world would you include physician shadowing in your AADSAS application?

I disagree

I don't see why you wouldn't include this in your application. He shadowed a physician, which is someone that has devoted their life to promoting good health and treating those who are unhealthy. Dentists do the same.

I say definitely throw this in as an EC

 

[Atticus]

hey,
I'm not saying that it doesn't FIT under the extra-curricular section, I'm saying that you shouldn't include it in your application at all. It is both inappropriate and irrelevant to include shadowing of an MD/DO in a dental school application.

 

[Atticus]

nvm

 

[Istr8nthem]

hey,
I'm not saying that it doesn't FIT under the extra-curricular section, I'm saying that you shouldn't include it in your application at all. It is both inappropriate and irrelevant to include shadowing of an MD/DO in a dental school application.

What authority are you to say what is inappropriate and irrelevant in a dental school app? I agree that this is a fairly silly question from the OP, but it is not irrelevant or inappropriate to include this in a dental school app. The OP has spent time shadowing healthcare professionals in his/her path to decision making. They have decided to pursue dentistry and can now say "I chose dentistry and not medicine because...".

I think you should have your roommate proofread your posts before you are allowed to hit the submit button.

 

[Atticus]

What authority are you to say what is inappropriate and irrelevant in a dental school app? I agree that this is a fairly silly question from the OP, but it is not irrelevant or inappropriate to include this in a dental school app. The OP has spent time shadowing healthcare professionals in his/her path to decision making. They have decided to pursue dentistry and can now say "I chose dentistry and not medicine because...".

I think you should have your roommate proofread your posts before you are allowed to hit the submit button.

Luckily (for me, i guess 🙂 ) SDN doesn't require authority to provide opinion on threads. I guess I should have said that I personally wouldn't include it in my application. I actually was in a similar position to the OP, and chose not to include it based off the opinion of two friends who were successful in applying to dental school and two of the dentists I shadowed.

Good Luck, OP... I'm sure you'll be fine either way, it was just my opinion.

 

[alexamasan]

Luckily (for me, i guess 🙂 ) SDN doesn't require authority to provide opinion on threads. I guess I should have said that I personally wouldn't include it in my application. I actually was in a similar position to the OP, and chose not to include it based off the opinion of two friends who were successful in applying to dental school and two of the dentists I shadowed.

Good Luck, OP... I'm sure you'll be fine either way, it was just my opinion.

Thank you Atticus, I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY!

Thanks everyone for your input, I am going to put my shadowing of general physician under the EC's (probably would be good since I wrote an entire paragraph about it in my PS, they might wonder why it's not mentioned in my application). If anyone else has anymore input, please do.