You don't have to step inside a hospital to have clinical experience.

[Rafa]

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Or do you? From what I've seen and heard, working (or volunteering) in clinics, homeless and abuse shelters, or peer/counseling positions and hotlines can also count for service in a medicinal setting. Agree, disagree?

 

[OhtheSilliness]

I'm an EMT... i get a lot of patient contact... but i've heard people say that it's not looked highly upon because i don't spend much time in a hospital setting...

 

[Conqueror]

Or do you? From what I've seen and heard, working (or volunteering) in clinics, homeless and abuse shelters, or peer/counseling positions and hotlines can also count for service in a medicinal setting. Agree, disagree?

Completely agree. I'm also an EMT and so have spent a fair amount of time in the hospital, but more than half of my "clinical experiences" were in volunteer clinics, hispanic health organizations, etc. I think the most common definition for "clinical experience" is "have you had patient contact in a medical setting." Whether that's in an ambulance, at a hospice home, whatever, I think all of that can safely be counted as clinical experience.

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[45408]

have you "smelled patients"? that's the question that LizzyM (adcom member/interviewer) likes to use when she decides if an applicant has clinical experience. Take it with a grain of salt, but it seems valid to me.

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

have you "smelled patients"? that's the question that LizzyM (adcom member/interviewer) likes to use when she decides if an applicant has clinical experience. Take it with a grain of salt, but it seems valid to me.

Hey, I smelled patients! (Or they smelled me)