How many of you continue to shadow?

[deleted862553]

I have about 200 hours of shadowing. I shadowed 3 general dentists and a few other specialists here and there. I've shadowed some for 8 hours, others for 4 hours, others for over 100. I think I have a good idea of what goes on day to day at the places I've been since each week I go now is repetitive.

Do you recommend that I continue shadowing until my interviews to show that I am continuously getting involved? If I were to stop shadowing now, I would only be working from now until June. (I work full-time at a firm as a manager so it's not like I'm not doing anything with my life).

If stopping is detrimental, I will, of course, continue. I know the application is a game where you sometimes need X,Y, and Z to succeed at times and am wondering if continuing to shadow is part of the game or enough is enough.

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[ssdent18]

I think 200 hours is more than enough. But doing more can't hurt. I'd say go once in a while (perhaps once or twice a month?) until your interviews so that you can talk about it .

 

[wjc]

Do some continued shadowing so that you stay involved. Some schools will look at this. No need to kill yourself at this point though. I've been working full-time for the past few years and I know it's really difficult to work in the volunteer work and shadowing on top of that.


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