LOR From Physician

[brommanders]

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[gyngyn]

I've read that an LOR from a physician is seen as fluff at MD schools. However, the primary care doc I scribe for offered to write me one so I was thinking this would be beneficial correct?

Probably not.
If you are applying to DO schools and he is a DO, then it is useful.

 

[brommanders]

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[gyngyn]

Thanks for the reply. Applying MD. Curious about why you think it would not be useful for MD? I wasn't just observing but charting and finishing up the clinical visit. I was kind of like a scribe/MA for him.

Exactly. What is he going to to be able to say? "Brommanders types really fast and hardly bothers me at all..."
To whom could he compare you? Other fast typists?

Physicians are notorious for ineffective LOE's. It's not you. We are congenitally incapable of writing an objective letter and everyone knows it. If you are applying to one of the very few MD schools that asks for a "clinical letter", I guess this is as good as any, though.

 

[brommanders]

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[gyngyn]

Fair point. But I see him as my mentor and have talked to him about my career goals and research interests. I've also done much more than typing up the visits. I'd say he can comment on much more than me just charting. I mean, I kind of see it as someone getting an LOR from their supervisor.

If you could read these letters as I have over the course of decades, you would understand that they add little to your portfolio. We love everyone. It's part of our job description. When it come to letters, it renders them useless.