Emailing to Request Shadowing

[tia_bluesky]

I am trying to find a doctor to shadow and it has been pretty hard. I am trying to email as many physicians as I can but problem is not many have emails on their profiles!
Does anyone know of hospital directories in NY that also provide email contacts for their doctors. I am kinda freaking out because I am having no luck as of yet. 🙁

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[zzxxzz]

Don't email. It'll go to spam 80% of the time. Call instead, or write an actual letter.

 

[tia_bluesky]

Don't email. It'll go to spam 80% of the time. Call instead, or write an actual letter.

When writing a letter should I address it in an envelope as well? Should it include my resume too?

 

[zzxxzz]

You don't want them to mail you to reply. Just write a short, polite letter saying a little about yourself, why you're interested in their speciality (even if you aren't), etc, and include your phone number and email address at the bottom. If they're open to the idea of you shadowing them, they'll shoot you an email. CVs are much easier shared online, but you can include it if you like.

 

[tia_bluesky]

You don't want them to mail you to reply. Just write a short, polite letter saying a little about yourself, why you're interested in their speciality (even if you aren't), etc, and include your phone number and email address at the bottom. If they're open to the idea of you shadowing them, they'll shoot you an email. CVs are much easier shared online, but you can include it if you like.

What I meant was when handing in the letter (which includes my email and phone number) do I just hand in the letter or would it be a good idea to put the letter in an envelope and hand it in?

 

[zzxxzz]

Oh, I'd mail it personally, but otherwise I'd definitely put it in an addressed envelope, even if you're handing it to a secretary. More formal.

 

[giraffesuptop]

Like others said, physical letters are a good idea.

Emails aren't a horrible idea though. If there's a med school in your area check their website. On their site is most likely a directory of doctors that might include their email addresses too. That's how I found and contacted all the doctors I shadowed. However, be prepared to email a lot of doctors because many are too busy to respond/care. I had to email 70 to get about 10 to let me shadow.

 

[monicawright]

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[nemo123]

They don't have emails on their profiles, but if you look up the school's directory (not the hospital's directory), you can find their emails there.

 

[ShyRem]

moving to pre-allo.

 

[Dr.TonySoprano]

I would visit the hospital you're interested in shadowing and talk to someone in the human resources office or something similar. You should talk to secretaries of physicians you're interested in shadowing and tell them what you'd like to do as well as give them your resume with contact information. Usually secretaries will get in touch with the physician and will be the middle person in this.

This way may be more efficient than letters or email. Be persistent.

 

[Mycoalwin]

Emailing has been working so far for me, frankly. Even cold-emailed an ophthalmologist down the street from where I live and I've already been shadowing him for a while.

Called another office and asked if the doc was open to shadowing, and she told me send an email over. Haven't gotten a response yet, so I'll definitely have to call / follow up soon.