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I'm lucky enough to have a family member in medicine who was very open to letting me shadow them when I first thought I might be interested in medicine a few years ago.
But now I'm at a point where I'm filling in all my experiences, and putting my relative (who shares my last name) down as my supervisor just feels slimy, but it's either that or leave it blank.
This is not my only shadowing experience, I have since shadowed people who are not my relatives. However, I do mention my shadowing experience with said family member briefly in my personal statement because it truly was my first exposure to medicine. So I don't feel I could just omit it from my experiences section.
I of course did not get a letter of recommendation from them or even any physicians that work at the same hospital for the sole reason of myself being paranoid that the LOR might be viewed as "handed to me." Basically I've had a continuous worry about people viewing everything as "handed to me" my entire pre-med journey and that's probably what this is.
Long story short: I feel gross listing my relative as my supervisor and I'm looking for support of people on the internet because I don't think I have any other choice.
But now I'm at a point where I'm filling in all my experiences, and putting my relative (who shares my last name) down as my supervisor just feels slimy, but it's either that or leave it blank.
This is not my only shadowing experience, I have since shadowed people who are not my relatives. However, I do mention my shadowing experience with said family member briefly in my personal statement because it truly was my first exposure to medicine. So I don't feel I could just omit it from my experiences section.
I of course did not get a letter of recommendation from them or even any physicians that work at the same hospital for the sole reason of myself being paranoid that the LOR might be viewed as "handed to me." Basically I've had a continuous worry about people viewing everything as "handed to me" my entire pre-med journey and that's probably what this is.
Long story short: I feel gross listing my relative as my supervisor and I'm looking for support of people on the internet because I don't think I have any other choice.
