applying this cycle with just shadowing and crc

i have been a acrc at an institution for about 3 months but have volunteered there since 2023 october. i get a lot of patient interaction by recruiting patients and interviewing them, as well as being able to help pain management by communicating with nurses and doctors. it’s been a great experience and i’m lucky to have this as a job up until this fall as it’s a short term position.

i would going to say it’s like 75/25 clinical/research (and that’s being generous with the research portion) with the scope of work that i am actually doing on a day to day.

i also have shadowing from a few different doctors, and some online ones that i am not sure i should count that i gathered during covid. i don’t have any papers but think i have an application with foundations in teaching and mentoring which are big to me.

is it necessary to wait a whole other cycle and apply then to gain more clinical experience in the form of an ma? or some sort of clinical volunteering weekly? i’m in the east bay central valley area and wow are my options horrible.

anyone have experience applying with similar stats? i’ve been looking through and couldn’t find any without crazy ma or scribe hours (good on y’all!!)

thanks for the help!