How much shadowing for MD?

[NP545]

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How many shadowing hours should I target if I want to apply to MD schools?

I'm probably going to have ~50 hours with 3 different specialties.
But I know many people who are shadowing one doctor for 10 hours/week for 3 months.
My 50 will look minimal compared to their 150+ hours. How many more hours should I aim to do?

Ideally, what is a good amount of hours+specialties to shadow for MDs?

 

[claduva94]

50 is probably fine.

 

[Spinach Dip]

50 is a good start.

If you can get more that would be great, but it's probably not needed.

 

[RTC19]

I echo the prior posts.

50 is good.

 

[EMDO2018]

Bout tree-fity

 

[FutureMD129]

50 seems like a reasonable goal, as echoed by other posters. If I can get more, great, but my main goal is to shadow a variety of specialties with at least one primary care field (ideally pediatrics, but IM, FM or OBGYN are fine). So far I have 12 hours in 3 specialties: 6.5 ER, 3 cardio, 2.5 rheum.

 

[MrLogan13]

50 is solid. I had 40.