<p>Hey there! I’m currently in a dilemma and could use anyone’s advice.</p>
<p>I want to know whether I should attend this program called “Nursing Connections” at UNLV. I’m not sure whether to attend or not because it is time consuming and is geared towards nursing careers not doctors. It’s one week from 8-3! I asked a college counselor that I’m friends with and he said it probably wouldn’t help too much because 1) It’s @ UNLV…which isn’t prestigous at all and 2) It’s for nurses not doctors.</p>
<p>The deadline’s passed to apply but I e-mailed them and they said I could still apply. Basically the director said this in his e-mail concerning my dilemma:</p>
<p>“there will be one maybe two clinical field trips and an exposure to the profession of nursing. This will be useful in
understanding roles if you do go to med school and give you some glimpses of
practical applications.”</p>
<p>So will it be something nice to put on my resume or should I forget it?</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the application and what the program is all about:</p>
<p>My resume is located in this forum labeled “Chances at 6/7/8 year med. programs! +Need help w/ resume!” Please take a look at it and let me know if by doing this Nursing Connections gig…if it will really help me in admissions. </p>
<p>Thanks, and your comments are much appreciated.</p>
<p>spend time on something else. If it was really worthwhile, you would have been instantly attracted to it, so do something else. It’s ultimately your choice though.</p>
<p>Well, no, not really. If you want to become a doctor, expose yourself to a program that focuses on being a doctor. You sound a little too desperate to list a medical summer program on your application.</p>
<p>schrizto: It’s just that I can’t find any summer programs for high schoolers that focus on becoming a doctor. I am not so much desperate for a medical summer program as I am getting into a combined program :)!</p>
<p>well said madamebovary! It’s not so much how many medical related activities you do, but what you learned from them and how they affected you. I had minimal medical experience (like…less than 10 hours worth, I really just shadowed for a couple of days), but it had a profound impact on me, which I was able to explain through essays and my interview.<br>
But whatever you do, don’t exaggerate. I’m pretty sure they can tell ******** from a mile away.<br>
So, if you have the time I would definitely do the program. It doesn’t sound amazing, but you have to take what you can get. Not all of us have physician friends and an “in” at a local hospital (I didn’t!).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be to concerned about not having enough experience. The thing is, with the field of medicine there isn’t much that you can do without being a med student or even college student. For the Nursing Connections program that you mentioned, I wouldn’t do it. There are many different programs that do focus on medicine and becoming a doctor. However, like the program that you mentioned they are usually short leadership forums and programs that last around 10 days. I have been to two of them, and they are great experiences but there is only so much that you can learn. The thing is anything worthwhile about medicine that you learn, you will end up learning in med school in a good 5 or 6 years. Also don’t just do the program for the resume, do a program because you want to be there and not because you were desperate and weren’t able to find any other program that fit your need.</p>