Should I quit volunteering?

[Stressd-premed]

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Hi everyone! So I’ve been volunteering at this hospital for about a year now and I have around 100 hours and I was wondering if I should leave. I usually volunteer on the weekends so the volunteer department is closed and I don’t get to see the department leader so I don’t think I can get a recommendation letter from her. On top of that I don’t really get much patient interaction at all. All I do is paperwork and restock cabinets. Should I quit volunteering here and apply to volunteer at a hospice instead or should I just stay here and keep getting a large amount of hours? Do med schools even care about this kind of stuff?

 

[PapaGuava]

The volunteering hours always look nice but if you can't really discuss anything significant about it then it's almost like a waste of time. If I were you, I would try to find another opportunity that actually has patient interaction because it will give you more experience working with different types of people and it would be more enjoyable.

 

[deleted610572]

Ya quit. It sounds like a “clinical” volunteering experience you are getting nothing out of. I absolutely recommend volunteering with hospice. It can be a powerful experience if you open yourself up to it. You should have no problem drawing things to talk about in interviews from hospice volunteering.