QUESTION 2 OF 30

Tell us about your community service involvement.

Your volunteer experience will form an essential component of your residency application. Interviewers understand that volunteering helps people develop key attributes, competencies, and qualities they are looking for in residents. Volunteering in the community also shows that you are a well-rounded, selfless, community-minded individual. While it may not be required to enter the PM&R residency program, it will certainly place you higher on the candidate list. Describe any volunteer experience you have, even if not medical or PM&R related.

"From a young age, my parents taught me the value of volunteering in our community. Since I was 10, I have volunteered at our local food bank and the Special Olympics. I also donate my time to educating the community about the effects of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma through the Shaken Baby Alliance. The Special Olympics and the Shaken Baby Alliance are dear to my heart since I have a younger sister who was injured after being shaken by a daycare provider. After my residency, I plan on focusing my volunteer efforts with Doctors Without Borders, helping underdeveloped communities overseas."

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