kinomikan Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Hello, my name is Cindy and I am currently a sophomore in college. I am currently looking for internships and came across this one internship at a hospital that dealt with food and nutrition. The description for the internship is as followed: "Our Food and Nutrition team utilizes volunteers in a variety of areas throughout the hospital. Volunteers may assist on our Amenities Unit and pantry, partnering with staff in daily set up and preparations. Through setting up food trays and kitchen inventory preparation, volunteers will strive to make the patient experience a positive one". Now I know that most graduate schools want you to have a certain amount of internship/volunteer/clinical experience and shadowing etc but I cant figure out if this internship would satisfy that? Since it doesn't say direct patient contact does that mean it wouldn't satisfy the requirements? Or since it is health related, it would technically count? I am also NOT a nutrition major but wanted to try something new since having a wide array of different internships look good on your application. Is this a bad idea? Thank you xd I am extremely lost when it comes to figuring out if the internships would count when applying to PA schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie55 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 The description sounds like you’ll be working with staff and not patients in a volunteering capacity. This wouldn’t satisfy any PCE/HCE, but would be considered volunteering-which programs value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinomikan Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 4:11 PM, Janie55 said: The description sounds like you’ll be working with staff and not patients in a volunteering capacity. This wouldn’t satisfy any PCE/HCE, but would be considered volunteering-which programs value. I see... so would positions stating that there will be patient interactions a better fit to satisfy PCE/HCE requirements? Also is getting both PCE/HCE and volunteering hours recommended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARads Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, kinomikan said: I see... so would positions stating that there will be patient interactions a better fit to satisfy PCE/HCE requirements? Also is getting both PCE/HCE and volunteering hours recommended? You definitely want both PCE/HCE and volunteering hours. You'll want a lot more PCE/HCE but you still want volunteering hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFatMan Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Each program is going to differ on what they want in terms of PCE and HCE. Look and see what programs you're interested in - most have a list of things they like. Many programs want PCE or HCE to be paid experience because volunteer experiences are generally more limited roles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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