bsm Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hey guys I need to do some volunteering in a role where I have patient contact. I am interested in medical research, so I thought an ideal placement would be volunteering in some sort of clinical trial (b/c that would have patient contact + research) Anyone do something similar to this? Any thoughts on how I can do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamer Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Why do you need to? Do you have some sort of medical condition which requires clinical volunteering? That must be pretty tough to deal with, you have my sympathies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsm Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 yeah I have "novolunteeringhours-itis" it can only be cured by volunteering in a clinical research position and robutussin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamer Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Wise remarks deserve wise responses. Well played, poster. But seriously, why do you feel you "need" to do this? I only ask because you'll be hard pressed to find any sort of meaningful volunteering in a clinical setting if you're just in undergrad (which I assume you are) and you don't have some sort of connections. Your best bet is to have connections, your next best bet is to look for postings where researchers are asking for volunteers. I wouldn't hold your breath, though. There's plenty of other places to volunteer where you'll get a lot more out of it. Contrary to popular belief, you don't "need" clinical volunteering to get into medical school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsm Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 yeah....I know clinical volunteering is not "required", thats why I dont want to do the standard "meet-and-greet" stuff in the hospitals (which seems pretty easy to arrange). But still I think if I can find the right position it is worth it, since I am interested medical research and it would help my application. As for contacts, I think I can find people to shadow (I am actually a grad student) but not a consistant volunteer position. UHN has a lot of student volunteers, so I want to know if anyone has gotten this type of role through their volunteering department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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