I am an emergency room volunteer who's job is to float around helping patients for about 4 hours a week. I've been wanting to ask a doctor if I can shadow him/her for an hour, day, or whatever. So far none of the volunteers or lower level workers seem to make small talk with the doctors so I don't know them personally.
Should I just go up and say,"Hi my name is so and so, I'm a premed. I was wondering if I could shadow you?" Would that be too abrupt, pushy, forward? I'm too new to know all of the unwritten etiquette rules.
(Similar SDN discussions don't cover approaching doctors within your own department.)
Should I just go up and say,"Hi my name is so and so, I'm a premed. I was wondering if I could shadow you?" Would that be too abrupt, pushy, forward? I'm too new to know all of the unwritten etiquette rules.
(Similar SDN discussions don't cover approaching doctors within your own department.)