Does being a Research Assistant in any field suffice for a Phd application in Clinical Psychology?

[Skibz]

Or must you be an RA in Psychology only?

Thanks.

[SomeGreatNotion]

I think it depends on what your experience was and how you are framing it to fit your application. 

[Clinapp2017]

I would venture to say a field related to psych/medicine is best, whereas completely unrelated fields would not help your application and would probably hurt it. 

[PokePsych]

Being an RA is quite broad and RA duties vary. You want to think of RA experience as relevant experience in some sort of training. Not all RA experiences are equal; simple coding vs. being highly involved in a study are very different experiences. In a similar vein, what counts as 'relevant' experience also varies. Obviously the closer the topic is to what you'd like to pursue, the more things you learn that are potentially relevant for your PhD career.

[Skibz]

Thank you all : ).