It's common for people interested in medicine to shadow a doctor before applying to medical school, but this kind of experience may not always impress an admissions team
It's considered to be one of the most passive forms of clinical experience, says Alicia McNease Nimonkar, a medical school admissions consultant for Accepted, which helps people get into college and graduate school "You're not actively involved," says Nimonkar.
While applicants may clean some things as a fly on the wall, they're limited in how much they can do to really learn about medicine, experts say.
Clinical care opportunities that require training and allow applicants to share responsibility for the well-being of a patient is more impressive, experts say. Admissions officers know that when premed students explore medicine by becoming scribes or emergency medical technicians, two less-popular paths, they're learning about the nitty-gritty side.
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