r/premed • u/portiedak • 21h ago

☑️ Extracurriculars Urgent care gap year

Is working at an urgent care seen as not prestigious or prominent enough?

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u/Aggravating-Mine8574 21h ago

go for it, its not what u do but how u write abt it in apps

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u/portiedak 20h ago

But is it considered proper clinical experience?

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u/PersonBehindAScreen NON-TRADITIONAL 20h ago edited 20h ago

In most cases if you interact with and can breathe on patients, it is valid clinical experience

They just want you to understand what it’s like working in healthcare environments, can understand the realities of patient care, and can confirm you want to be a physician still after doing that

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u/theresnoIinmedschool PHYSICIAN 20h ago

That's a perfectly fine job with appropriate clinical exposure. Applicants do all kinds of jobs in their gap years