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[yellowjellybean]

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Does it look bad that I'm a scribe and I don't have a letter from a doc? I don't work with the same doctor that much.

 

[music2doc]

Not necessarily bad but the trend lately has been for schools to require or desire a physician's letter. Why not ask the medical director of the scribe program or the ED to write one? Or ask the doc you've worked w most or know best?

 

[ShenanigansMD]

I heard that physician letters aren't really that good unless you REALLY know the guy. There isn't much to be said about a pre-med who just observes you.

 

[music2doc]

I heard that physician letters aren't really that good unless you REALLY know the guy. There isn't much to be said about a pre-med who just observes you.

This is true. However, some MD schools now expect them and it is expected you get a good one, not just one for shadowing.