How important are leadership/volunteer during medical school?

[doctorstrangerthingz]

How important is it to have leadership experience (president of a club, group, etc) or volunteer experience during med school?
Will they influence residency at all? Or are they typically done just out of interest?

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[MSTP18]

How important is it to have leadership experience (president of a club, group, etc) or volunteer experience during med school?
Will they influence residency at all? Or are they typically done just out of interest?

Going to be both specialty and program dependent so yes and yes.