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Ed 07-17-2009 10:22 PM

Hospital Volunteers
 
I recently found out that some of the hospitals in my city allow college students to volunteer at their hospital. Especially if they are majoring the in the medical field. (My college goes by a point system, instead of a waiting list for medical programs, thus volunteering adds points to your app) Does anyone have experience in volunteering at a hospital?

drvenom 07-17-2009 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed (Post 136971)
I recently found out that some of the hospitals in my city allow college students to volunteer at their hospital. Especially if they are majoring the in the medical field. (My college goes by a point system, instead of a waiting list for medical programs, thus volunteering adds points to your app) Does anyone have experience in volunteering at a hospital?

Yea, I volunteered like 150+ hours for Glendale Memorial Hospital. I was at the behavioral science floor. That is when I realized that I did not want to be a medical doctor.

juang 07-18-2009 12:52 AM

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I was a volunteer at St Vincent Medical Center back in high school (i worked at the business office). After high school I tried to volunteer once again, but everything went down the drain when they asked for my SSN.

But who knows, maybe it is different where you live Ed

DREAM2oo7 07-18-2009 02:01 AM

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I currently volunteer in the OR at a local hospital, sometimes other clinics but mostly OR.

prettyjolie 07-18-2009 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DREAM2oo7 (Post 136978)
I currently volunteer in the OR at a local hospital, sometimes other clinics but mostly OR.

That's so cool. I hope that's what I get to do when I begin volunteering at my local hospital. What kind of stuff do you do?

Feenmi 07-18-2009 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by prettyjolie (Post 136981)
That's so cool. I hope that's what I get to do when I begin volunteering at my local hospital. What kind of stuff do you do?

nobody cares beybey. :lol:

DREAM2oo7 07-19-2009 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by prettyjolie (Post 136981)
That's so cool. I hope that's what I get to do when I begin volunteering at my local hospital. What kind of stuff do you do?

Mostly physician shadowing lol

angelina 07-20-2009 12:27 PM

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I tried to volunteer at my community hospital and that went down the drain when they told me that I needed to prove I was here legally. *sigh*

drvenom 07-20-2009 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by angelina (Post 137062)
I tried to volunteer at my community hospital and that went down the drain when they told me that I needed to prove I was here legally. *sigh*

I've never had any problem with volunteering, and I've definitely never had any volunteer coordinator tell me that I had to prove my legal status. Them asking you to prove such thing is an indicator that they may not be as helpful to you as you would like them to be. At the end of the day, volunteering is suppose to be an experience that should yield some utility.

prettyjolie 07-20-2009 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DREAM2oo7 (Post 137025)
Mostly physician shadowing lol

In the OR? That's awesome. I figured volunteers only guide people around the hospital and stuff like that. That's usually what I've seen volunteers doing around the hospital at home.


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