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I'm a pre-med student and I really want to gain even just a little experience before med school. One of the things I want to do the most is to shadow a surgeon. How do I do that? I mean, do I just go up to one and ask?
I posted this here because I'm interested in neurosurgery. My father is a neurosurgeon himself and what he does has interested me since I was a kid. But I can't shadow him because he works in another country. Whatsmore, he doesn't like the idea of me getting into neurosurgery or anything like that. He wants me to be a pediatrician or be an obgyn. I have nothing against those specialties except that I'm not interested to be either of those.
I'm also interested in orthopaedic surgery and maybe even cardiothoracic surgery. I know these are the more common ones that many students want to be. But I can't deny that I'm interested in them. I know that once I get into med school, I'll be able to really decide.
Anyway, the point is that I really want to shadow a surgeon. But I don't know how I'll go about starting it. I hope you can help me out. Thank you.
I posted this here because I'm interested in neurosurgery. My father is a neurosurgeon himself and what he does has interested me since I was a kid. But I can't shadow him because he works in another country. Whatsmore, he doesn't like the idea of me getting into neurosurgery or anything like that. He wants me to be a pediatrician or be an obgyn. I have nothing against those specialties except that I'm not interested to be either of those.
I'm also interested in orthopaedic surgery and maybe even cardiothoracic surgery. I know these are the more common ones that many students want to be. But I can't deny that I'm interested in them. I know that once I get into med school, I'll be able to really decide.
Anyway, the point is that I really want to shadow a surgeon. But I don't know how I'll go about starting it. I hope you can help me out. Thank you.