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My med school split my class into groups and assigned each group an advisor. It just so happens that my advisor is a physician in the field that I would like to specialize in. I sent her an email asking her if the med school allows preceptorships in this field, and if so, I would like some information on how to apply. The next day, I received an email from her saying that she would forward my email to the rest of the department to see if anyone would want me to assist them with anything during the summer. I've only received one reply so far and it was just from a PhD with a link for the research program that my school has.
I don't know what to do. I could email some other doctors but since they've already received the email that my advisor sent, I think I would just be annoying them. Clearly if they wanted me, they would have already sent a response. I don't want to do research and my school makes you compose a grant proposal in order to receive funding if you plan on doing research. That just discourages me even more!
Something tells me that what's preventing me from receiving replies from physicians is that I specifically mentioned preceptorship in my email, which implies that I want to get paid. If I offer to volunteer or shadow, I think some doctors would take me up on the offer because hey, free labor. I could shadow but I really need money during the summer. I've done a lot of shadowing in this specialty during my undergrad years so I have a good idea of what goes on daily. I specifically wanted to do a preceptorship in order to earn some cash and network.
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions? Should I email my advisor and say that I haven't received any responses or should I just wait longer?
I don't know what to do. I could email some other doctors but since they've already received the email that my advisor sent, I think I would just be annoying them. Clearly if they wanted me, they would have already sent a response. I don't want to do research and my school makes you compose a grant proposal in order to receive funding if you plan on doing research. That just discourages me even more!
Something tells me that what's preventing me from receiving replies from physicians is that I specifically mentioned preceptorship in my email, which implies that I want to get paid. If I offer to volunteer or shadow, I think some doctors would take me up on the offer because hey, free labor. I could shadow but I really need money during the summer. I've done a lot of shadowing in this specialty during my undergrad years so I have a good idea of what goes on daily. I specifically wanted to do a preceptorship in order to earn some cash and network.
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions? Should I email my advisor and say that I haven't received any responses or should I just wait longer?