As the title says, I'm looking for anyone with experience shadowing - or volunteer work involving patients - in Japan. I'll be in the country for another year and a half and I'd like to get more hours in. I did a quick search but didn't see anything detailing how anyone went about it.
A little bit about my situation: I speak conversational Japanese and read higher (between JLPT N2 and N1). I live in a small city but can get to Tokyo on weekends. I'm doing research and will be making calls, but I'd love to here specifics from someone who has done it as well.
I have about 20 hours of ER shadowing from my college days (despite a liberal arts degree) but I feel I could use a lot more. I will also be doing some volunteering with orphanages and possibly translation for a medical volunteer program, but from what I've seen I need a lot more hours around patients.
Why do I feel that way? Liberal arts degree (3.82 GPA at over 130 credit hours at least), expecting a very average MCAT score, low US shadowing hours at the moment, and my pre-reqs will be done via distance learning while I'm here (it won't show on my transcript, but I feel I have to be upfront about it at least for the sake of explaining my non-trad background).
Thanks for reading!
A little bit about my situation: I speak conversational Japanese and read higher (between JLPT N2 and N1). I live in a small city but can get to Tokyo on weekends. I'm doing research and will be making calls, but I'd love to here specifics from someone who has done it as well.
I have about 20 hours of ER shadowing from my college days (despite a liberal arts degree) but I feel I could use a lot more. I will also be doing some volunteering with orphanages and possibly translation for a medical volunteer program, but from what I've seen I need a lot more hours around patients.
Why do I feel that way? Liberal arts degree (3.82 GPA at over 130 credit hours at least), expecting a very average MCAT score, low US shadowing hours at the moment, and my pre-reqs will be done via distance learning while I'm here (it won't show on my transcript, but I feel I have to be upfront about it at least for the sake of explaining my non-trad background).
Thanks for reading!
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