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How did you guys find doctors to shadow? I've been reaching out to multiple doctors in my college town, but i've had no success. How have you guys found doctors willing to let you shadow?
This was me too though. I asked my personal doctor to shadow, and I got involved in the pre-med club at my university who connected people with shadowing. I asked professors. May be easier to do it this way than cold calling (or emailing, as the case may be). If all else fails though, do cold calling. But exhaust your other options first. On the surface I didn't have "connections" (not one single person or distant relative of mine is a doctor, don't know any doctors), but turns out I did OP, just something to consider.Looked up the website of the local children's hospital --> found 10 physicians whose emails were on the website --> emailed them.
I'm in the subsection of pre-meds who don't have any physicians in the family, no family friends or connections at all, so I had to be more aggressive about it. Don't be afraid to just cold call/email people--"Hi, Im an undergrad at XUni and I'm really interested in your specialty. Do you have any time in which I could shadow you?" 9/10 will say no, but all you need is one.
Start with your GP?How did you guys find doctors to shadow? I've been reaching out to multiple doctors in my college town, but i've had no success. How have you guys found doctors willing to let you shadow?
It's all about who you know. Use any and all connections you might have.
I don't think LORs from physicians you shadowed carry a lot of weight in terms of admissions. Adcoms want to read letters from professors who can speak to your abilities as a student; a physician you shadowed doesn't have much to say in that sense because shadowing tends to be fairly passive.When you find your shadow doctor, how many hours did you spend shadowing with him/her before you ask for a LOR? Wondering how many hours of shadowing can earn myself a LOR.
consensus on here is that those are useless. What can the doc say other than dame julie didn't creep any patients out or piss anyone off?When you find your shadow doctor, how many hours did you spend shadowing with him/her before you ask for a LOR? Wondering how many hours of shadowing can earn myself a LOR.
How did you guys find doctors to shadow? I've been reaching out to multiple doctors in my college town, but i've had no success. How have you guys found doctors willing to let you shadow?