Is shadowing a “Community Service/Volunteer” experience?
No. Unless you were providing a direct service to patients as part of your shadowing experience, then shadowing is NOT Community Service/Volunteer. Q: How much detail should I include in the Experience Descriptions? A: In general, provide detailed descriptions of your experiences. It is very important that you complete your experience descriptions with the assumption that the reader had no knowledge of the organization or activity in which you participated. The first step in writing the Experience Description is to explain the context, usually the name and description of the site/program/organization to which you were affiliated. Second, you should provide a very clear description of your responsibilities, your contributions to the experience, and/or what you accomplished. Finally, if there was an important “take-away” from the experience, including what you learned, it may be important to mention them to close out you writing of the Experience Description. If you won an award, provide
