MissingPrereqs 0 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Basically the title. I'm a nontrad from an engineering background, so I have a ton of interesting work experience, research, volunteering, and other ECs, but no volunteering at a hospital or anything healthcare related. Is this viewed negatively by adcoms? I'd like to avoid them thinking "this guy has no interest in healthcare/medicine". Any experience or knowledge on the above would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petitmonstre111 72 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, MissingPrereqs said: Basically the title. I'm a nontrad from an engineering background, so I have a ton of interesting work experience, research, volunteering, and other ECs, but no volunteering at a hospital or anything healthcare related. Is this viewed negatively by adcoms? I'd like to avoid them thinking "this guy has no interest in healthcare/medicine". Any experience or knowledge on the above would be greatly appreciated. Short answer: no. However, for your benefit, it may be a good idea to get some exposure to healthcare to know what are getting yourself into. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bgeh 1 Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 No, it is not required (with the exception of I believe Dalhousie Medical School). It also won't look bad on you that you don't have clinical experience. However, like petitmonstre111 said, you may want to try to do a little shadowing to see what medicine is about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neurologist19 15 Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, bgeh said: No, it is not required (with the exception of I believe Dalhousie Medical School). It also won't look bad on you that you don't have clinical experience. However, like petitmonstre111 said, you may want to try to do a little shadowing to see what medicine is about. In Canada, if you are from non healthcare field, shadowing is not legal and doing so can make you look irresponsible. I think taking some EMT course might be useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearded frog 601 Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 Having no health care experience what-so-ever would be a red flag in the US. Canada is a little more holistic, that being said the idea is that you should know what you're getting into, so any school that takes ECs into account may note that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AllyOOP94 5 Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 I have had friends who got in with zero health related experience and in fact one of them was an engineer. But it's probably best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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