Tier list for clinical experience

[deleted1088954]

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Hey guys,
Does anyone know of a tier list for clinical experience. Can you even rank clinical experience or will any patient contact be fine?

 

[candbgirl]

The key is finding something you like doing and is helping you grow. Something that is more than just an activity to check a box on your application. By finding an activity you are passionate about you will be able to write about it on your application and talk about it in your interviews.

 

[Isomerase]

If you're in a position to be picky, I would find one with underserved populations and/or hospice which has basically been the main talking point during all of my interviews despite my hours being on the lower side.

 

[r2med]

I think the OP @Kieldertrio is in 10th grade looking to enter BSMD. I don't think clinical experience is required for that. Perhaps some shadowing will help? Volunteering for sure

 

[deleted1088954]

I think the OP @Kieldertrio is in 10th grade looking to enter BSMD. I don't think clinical experience is required for that. Perhaps some shadowing will help? Volunteering for sure

Yeah I do clinical experience. I do MA work at an internal medicine clinic. I just wanted to see if there were any differences between the clinical experiences. I'm doing everything I would normally do to enter med school like shadowing, researching, clinical experience, nonclinical.

 

[yokiguz]

I believe hospice volunteering is rated quite high

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

I think the OP @Kieldertrio is in 10th grade looking to enter BSMD. I don't think clinical experience is required for that. Perhaps some shadowing will help? Volunteering for sure

BSMD need clinical volunteering but necessarily clinical experience

 

[Cheezin]

I think the OP @Kieldertrio is in 10th grade looking to enter BSMD. I don't think clinical experience is required for that. Perhaps some shadowing will help? Volunteering for sure

For high tier programs, a lack of shadowing and volunteering will be focused upon negatively (like at Pitt). At lower tier programs just volunteering will be fine (from experience)

 

[deleted1091712]

transporting patients and screening patients for covid-19 is a vital clinical experience.