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So I've shadowed my current podiatrist twice and am currently setting up shadowing with a new podiatrist as well. I've seen some great things from both the first two experiences I have with my first Doctor and definitely picked up quite a bit, but at the same time I feel like I was rather quiet the whole time (he even cracked a joke that I was basically acting like a fly on the wall I was so quite after one patient joked that I hadn't said anything, in good spirit though).
The doctor I shadowed was pretty busy each time (45 patients first time, and i believe 50ish the second both between 9am-4pm, excluding lunch) so I felt like if I asked a bunch of questions it would have knocked him off his concentration, but at the end of the day the second time he mentioned at the end something along the lines of "hey don't worry about throwing out questions in-between patients if you come back again", so I kinda feel like I'm losing an opportunity to really pick his brain.
At the same time though, I'm having some trouble coming up with good questions, so I wanted to see what all everyone here has focused on or made sure to bring up during their shadowing, or wish they could have asked?
The doctor I shadowed was pretty busy each time (45 patients first time, and i believe 50ish the second both between 9am-4pm, excluding lunch) so I felt like if I asked a bunch of questions it would have knocked him off his concentration, but at the end of the day the second time he mentioned at the end something along the lines of "hey don't worry about throwing out questions in-between patients if you come back again", so I kinda feel like I'm losing an opportunity to really pick his brain.
At the same time though, I'm having some trouble coming up with good questions, so I wanted to see what all everyone here has focused on or made sure to bring up during their shadowing, or wish they could have asked?