Is there a difference between service and clinical experience?

[Rh]

<p>I didn’t mean to put down anyone’s EC i was just putting my input in, because I am bored and in the middle of no where. All medical related EC’s are fantastic.</p>

<p>Sorry if i monopolized the conversation towards a different discussion.</p>

[Shraf]

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Be careful or what? LOL. Is that some threat? What is wrong with you?</p>

<p>You calling me out big guy? Gee. I’ll tuck my tail and just run on home.

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<p>if i’m so full of crap then y did u edit your post?</p>

<p>and i wasn’t threatening u, i’m just saying if you disrespect me and make it personal you better believe it’ll come back to you</p>

[curmudgeon]

<p>Just a minor diversion, folks. Sorry for the OT.</p>

<p>Well, shraf…you should consider me sufficiently “warned”.</p>

[curmudgeon]

<p>Back to our regularly scheduled programming. This has been a test of your emergency broadcasting system. ;)</p>

[eadad]

<p>shraf</p>

<p>Sorry but I am late to the party; are you currently in med school?</p>

[Shraf]

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shraf</p>

<p>Sorry but I am late to the party; are you currently in med school?

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<p>what party? if you want to answer the OP go right ahead… all of my posts in this thread, except the last one, were on topic. </p>

<p>if you know how to use this website (or any other forum for that matter) it’ll literally take you 5 seconds to figure out the answer to your question and another 5 seconds and a touch of reasoning to figure out where i went to undergrad. and if you are THAT interested (though i would find such intense interest especially creepy), you can probably figure out what i’m doing now.</p>

[MolSysBio]

<ol>
<li>you are not in med school right now</li>
<li>you went to undergrad at columbia</li>
<li>you are an mph student at columbia</li>
</ol>

<p>creepy?</p>

[Shraf]

<p>hahaha</p>

<p>wow…that is quite creepy…congrats and thanks for proving my point</p>

[MolSysBio]

<p>haha all in good fun man</p>

<p>as a side note, i think some of you people out there can stand to learn how to use this forum’s search function. i know that many of you probably won’t but i’m hoping i’ll get through to some…</p>

[bigreddawgie]

<p>o and i think lizzym is some med school adcom or something. fyi</p>

[ASMAJ]

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o and i think LizzyM is some med school adcom or something. fyi

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<p>Yep, she is.</p>

[my_0.02]

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Let’s also be clear that CNA’s don’t make many decisions. I’ve seen several CNA’s step way above their responsibilities and try to make decisions on their own which have been detrimental to the patient. Likewise the role/function of the EMT is often overstated by many. Further, neither of these have much doctor-contact at least compared to shadowing. I usually tell the CNA’s to get out of my way, and EMT’s are not usually in situations that allow a whole lot of interaction with the physician beyond what’s needed for the care of the patient.

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<p>It’s true that CNA’s don’t make many decisions, but they do perform important functions. For instance, a CNA is very like the first person to notice and, perhaps prevent, the formation of a decubitus ulcer because CNA’s perform the basic hands on bathing and care functions. As you know, Medicare has identified the development of a decubitus ulcer as a “never” event which will result in denial of payment for an entire hospital admission.</p>

<p>One important decision that CNA’s, janitors and hospital cafeteria staff make is whether to recommend a doctor. As far fetched as it sounds, laypeople in the community commonly ask the only person they know for recommendations on doctors. CNA’s, however, don’t make unsupported recommendations: they see doctors interact with patients and staff every day and they also track how patients do under individual doctor’s care.</p>