I recently shadowed a specialist at a large hospital for several days. He offered to write a letter for me. The AAMC and Kaplan websites both mention letters of recommendation on their pages about shadowing.
My questions are:
1. For the purposes of documenting my shadowing on applications is it sufficient to state the time/what I did and contact info for the doctor or will they ask for some kind of statement from the doctor as documentation?
2. Does it make sense to get a letter of recommendation from a doctor I've shadowed for less than a week? From what I've read it's much better to get letters from people who know you better. (I graduated over 5 years ago so I will be relying more on former coworkers than professors).
3. Based on this page from AAMC it looks like letters can't be submitted until the application opens, so even if I wanted one from him is it best to wait until then?
My questions are:
1. For the purposes of documenting my shadowing on applications is it sufficient to state the time/what I did and contact info for the doctor or will they ask for some kind of statement from the doctor as documentation?
2. Does it make sense to get a letter of recommendation from a doctor I've shadowed for less than a week? From what I've read it's much better to get letters from people who know you better. (I graduated over 5 years ago so I will be relying more on former coworkers than professors).
3. Based on this page from AAMC it looks like letters can't be submitted until the application opens, so even if I wanted one from him is it best to wait until then?