klever
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Hello all, I saw some posts on SDN and they prompted me to have more questions regarding my current standing and future planning:
1. As I was getting my EMT cert, I did ridealongs (~50 hours) and did most of the patient monitoring etc. However, I know this is a gray area as it was during my education. Should I add these hours to my clinical employment hours that I have or just leave them off the app as a whole?
2. Is it okay to have several hundred research hours all from 1 lab/project? Obviously the project evolves from what it was initially, but is it okay basically if all my research is from 1 lab/project working under the same PI and ideas? Do I need to have breadth in research or is 1 main topic okay for all my research hours?
3. Lastly, as I have mentioned previously, I volunteer at an assisted living home (for those w disabilites and dementia). I host events for residents, learn about their lives and play games with them, help out with dining (like cutting their food, and serving them). I don't really do anything clinical basically. I know @Goro would consider this clinical, however I plan for this activity to be my main nonclinical volunteering experience (with likely some shelter/housing volunteering as a supplementary activity). I plan to list this activity as nonclinical, however if an adcom member considers this clinical, will they essentially move it to clinical themselves and "penalize" me for not having that much non clinical volunteering? Will it look like I have minimal nonclinical volunteering to people who think this way and then it will reflect bad on me?
4. Does this assisted living volunteering in most peoples' eyes help cover the service orientation criteria that AAMC mentions?
Any and all input is appreciated Thank you!
1. As I was getting my EMT cert, I did ridealongs (~50 hours) and did most of the patient monitoring etc. However, I know this is a gray area as it was during my education. Should I add these hours to my clinical employment hours that I have or just leave them off the app as a whole?
2. Is it okay to have several hundred research hours all from 1 lab/project? Obviously the project evolves from what it was initially, but is it okay basically if all my research is from 1 lab/project working under the same PI and ideas? Do I need to have breadth in research or is 1 main topic okay for all my research hours?
3. Lastly, as I have mentioned previously, I volunteer at an assisted living home (for those w disabilites and dementia). I host events for residents, learn about their lives and play games with them, help out with dining (like cutting their food, and serving them). I don't really do anything clinical basically. I know @Goro would consider this clinical, however I plan for this activity to be my main nonclinical volunteering experience (with likely some shelter/housing volunteering as a supplementary activity). I plan to list this activity as nonclinical, however if an adcom member considers this clinical, will they essentially move it to clinical themselves and "penalize" me for not having that much non clinical volunteering? Will it look like I have minimal nonclinical volunteering to people who think this way and then it will reflect bad on me?
4. Does this assisted living volunteering in most peoples' eyes help cover the service orientation criteria that AAMC mentions?
Any and all input is appreciated Thank you!