Would being a diet aide improve my app? Does it count as clinical experience?

[Golden-Future]

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Would being a diet aide improve my app? I'm lacking in clinical experience and being a diet aide seems a feasible way to make money and obtain experience interacting with patients. Does it count as clinical experience or would med schools not look at it like that?

 

[candbgirl]

What do you do as a diet aide? Where do you work?


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[Golden-Future]

"Reheats and serves food trays to patients. Stocks service areas, prepares and serves snacks and performs other general duties. Assists in the distribution, collection and preparation of patient menus. Performs a variety of routine kitchen duties as assigned."

-That's what the job description says, so there is some patient interaction, but theres not a ton of it. I could also maybe help patients chose their meals.

 

[CloverBale]

I literally read this as "would being on a diet improve my app?"

 

[Dox4lyfe]

"Reheats and serves food trays to patients. Stocks service areas, prepares and serves snacks and performs other general duties. Assists in the distribution, collection and preparation of patient menus. Performs a variety of routine kitchen duties as assigned."

-That's what the job description says, so there is some patient interaction, but theres not a ton of it. I could also maybe help patients chose their meals.

Are you a diet aide at a hospital?

If the people you serve are called patients and you have some interaction with them, then you can classify this as clinical.

 

[Dox4lyfe]

I literally read this as "would being on a diet improve my app?"

I thought the same when I read the title and my heart skipped a beat. Luckily that's not what she meant

 

[Golden-Future]

Are you a diet aide at a hospital?

If the people you serve are called patients and you have some interaction with them, then you can classify this as clinical.

Yes I would be working at a hospital.

 

[Golden-Future]

I thought the same when I read the title and my heart skipped a beat. Luckily that's not what she meant

 

[Dox4lyfe]

Yes I would be working at a hospital.

This is clinical. Make sure to emphasize any patient interactions you have working as a diet aid and not on how good/bad the food smelled.