bucket #5: clinical experience
"MEMBERS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES OFTEN SAY LACK OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IS A COMMON DEAL-KILLER AND REJECTION FROM MED SCHOOL.Medical school admissions committees want to see that you know what it is like to be a doctor. Medicine is a grueling profession and certainly not the easiest path you can choose. Do you know what you are getting yourself into? Medical school admissions committees look for the answer to this question in your clinical experiences.
THERE ARE HIGH ATTRITION RATES IN MED SCHOOL OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED EXPOSURE TO CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
The clinical experience category is less broad than the Research, Community Service, and Extracurricular Buckets. It specifically refers to activities related to doctoring. HERE’S JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
• Shadowing physicians
• Volunteering/working in a clinic, office, or hospital
• Performing clinical research
• Traveling on international medical missions
When looking for clinical experiences, try to get a broad view of the medical profession and witness the day-to-day life of different types of physicians. It's also a good idea to volunteer or work in diverse environments, such as an office setting, emergency department, and inpatient hospital ward BUT DON’T KILL YOURSELF TRYING TO GET INTO A BAZILLION DIFFERENT THINGS. JUST GET ONE SOLID EXPERIENCE."
THERE ARE HIGH ATTRITION RATES IN MED SCHOOL OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED EXPOSURE TO CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
The clinical experience category is less broad than the Research, Community Service, and Extracurricular Buckets. It specifically refers to activities related to doctoring. HERE’S JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
• Shadowing physicians
• Volunteering/working in a clinic, office, or hospital
• Performing clinical research
• Traveling on international medical missions
When looking for clinical experiences, try to get a broad view of the medical profession and witness the day-to-day life of different types of physicians. It's also a good idea to volunteer or work in diverse environments, such as an office setting, emergency department, and inpatient hospital ward BUT DON’T KILL YOURSELF TRYING TO GET INTO A BAZILLION DIFFERENT THINGS. JUST GET ONE SOLID EXPERIENCE."
-Andy