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Hi all,
I'm a sophomore on a full time internship semester and have lots of energy and steam to blow after work, so I was looking to start volunteering for once, since this is the main thing missing from my 'portfolio' right now.
Since a lot of the schools I'm looking at want to see BOTH Clinical experience/volunteering and non-clinical community service, those are what I'm focused on right now.
I'm thinking of working ER at a pediatric hospital in the afternoons/evenings once or twice a week and also working at a soup kitchen I know of in the early morning once a week serving breakfast.
Although it is true that I'm doing these to be more competitive, I also have a genuine interest in both activities because I know they are valuable experiences for a aspiring physician to get a sense of what its like to work with really different people.
For the ER opportunity, I want to make sure I am working with MDs because I will need a letter from an MD for my committee letter. Should I ask upright the place I want to volunteer at if I will be/ can work with or under the supervision of MDs or just go with the flow? They are asking for a 6 mnth/1 year committment which I am happy about.
Finally, the REAL question. Is it suspicious to start both of these in the same time frame, say a month, when it comes to application time? Or am overthinking this?
I'm a sophomore on a full time internship semester and have lots of energy and steam to blow after work, so I was looking to start volunteering for once, since this is the main thing missing from my 'portfolio' right now.
Since a lot of the schools I'm looking at want to see BOTH Clinical experience/volunteering and non-clinical community service, those are what I'm focused on right now.
I'm thinking of working ER at a pediatric hospital in the afternoons/evenings once or twice a week and also working at a soup kitchen I know of in the early morning once a week serving breakfast.
Although it is true that I'm doing these to be more competitive, I also have a genuine interest in both activities because I know they are valuable experiences for a aspiring physician to get a sense of what its like to work with really different people.
For the ER opportunity, I want to make sure I am working with MDs because I will need a letter from an MD for my committee letter. Should I ask upright the place I want to volunteer at if I will be/ can work with or under the supervision of MDs or just go with the flow? They are asking for a 6 mnth/1 year committment which I am happy about.
Finally, the REAL question. Is it suspicious to start both of these in the same time frame, say a month, when it comes to application time? Or am overthinking this?
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