How to introduce yourself over the phone for shadowing?

[staceycane]

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Hi everyone! So basically today I'm planning on calling the office of a surgeon I really want to shadow. I was shadowing another surgeon at the same hospital recently and while in PACU I made friends with some of the nurses and they recommended I ask him because he's young and friendly. Also, I just realized about five minutes ago that I met him while shadowing a different doctor last summer and he gave me a lesson on the anatomy of the arm while inside his OR while the doctor I was shadowing helped him reattach a bicep tendon. So, I don't know how to call his office and communicate all this to the receptionist and get her to take my request seriously. Any advice?

 

[ChrisMack390]

Email him. Or send a letter.

 

[staceycane]

I don't have his email, but I guess I could drop off a letter at his office... Why would that be better than calling though?

 

[Psai]

Because they can answer an email on their own time and it's easier to say no

 

[NotYou20]

Calling their office worked for me. Give them your name and where you're at in your studies. Then just ask if Dr. X is available for shadowing.

A lot of docs aren't open to shadow so I would call other local surgeons at the same time and hope one is open.