LOR from a Physician at Work

[RocuROMANium]

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I'm an emergency department tech at a large and very busy trauma center. Even though I work alongside with a lot of physicians I'm not close with any of them. I have a job to do, they have a job to do and everyone is usually so busy there isn't much of a chance to interact with them. Plus, we have residents which makes it even harder to interact with an attending because their focused on training and teaching the residents. However, the biggest issue is that I don't know what to say to them.

The reason I am bringing this up is because I am a little concerned that medical schools will find it odd that I don't have a LOR from a physican at the ED where I work. How concerning would that be? How do you guys think I should approach physicians at my job?

 

[Catalystik]

I'm an emergency department tech at a large and very busy trauma center. Even though I work alongside with a lot of physicians I'm not close with any of them. I have a job to do, they have a job to do and everyone is usually so busy there isn't much of a chance to interact with them. Plus, we have residents which makes it even harder to interact with an attending because their focused on training and teaching the residents. However, the biggest issue is that I don't know what to say to them.

The reason I am bringing this up is because I am a little concerned that medical schools will find it odd that I don't have a LOR from a physican at the ED where I work. How concerning would that be? How do you guys think I should approach physicians at my job?

Any one physician in a busy ER can't be expected to have a global view of your work performance. Who is your supervisor? Why not ask them?

 

[RocuROMANium]

Any one physician in a busy ER can't be expected to have a global view of your work performance. Who is your supervisor? Why not ask them?

I'm sure I could get a LOR from my nurse manager but I'm not sure how good it will be. I'm one of over 300 nurses and techs that she supervises. So you don't think medical schools would look at me funny for not having a LOR from a physician there?

 

[Catalystik]

I'm sure I could get a LOR from my nurse manager but I'm not sure how good it will be. I'm one of over 300 nurses and techs that she supervises. So you don't think medical schools would look at me funny for not having a LOR from a physician there?

It will not be considered odd if you don't submit a physician (or nurse manager) LOR from this job.

 

[gyngyn]

I would not expect a letter from your EM work.
There are only a tiny handful of MD schools that expect a "clinician letter" at all.

If you are applying DO, a DO letter would be nice, though. It doesn't have to be extensive.