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My situation is that I did very well in a rotation in a specialty I would like to pursue for residency but I had very little contact with the attending.
The attending was there only about 1 hour, 2 hours max, per day but I spent the rest of the day working with the interns and chief resident. Even when the attending was there he did not interact much with the students. It was only later that I learned it was the chief resident who had the biggest say in the evaluation. Basically the chief evaluated us because he knew us best from working directly with us everyday.
My question is what's the best way to approach the attending and ask him for a LOR when he realistically only knows me through the chief resident? Should I somehow go through the chief resident because he knows me best, or should I directly go to the attending and say something like "you don't know me very well but your chief resident gave me a great evaluation"
? It just seems so awkward. Any advice how to handle this would be much appreciated.
The attending was there only about 1 hour, 2 hours max, per day but I spent the rest of the day working with the interns and chief resident. Even when the attending was there he did not interact much with the students. It was only later that I learned it was the chief resident who had the biggest say in the evaluation. Basically the chief evaluated us because he knew us best from working directly with us everyday.
My question is what's the best way to approach the attending and ask him for a LOR when he realistically only knows me through the chief resident? Should I somehow go through the chief resident because he knows me best, or should I directly go to the attending and say something like "you don't know me very well but your chief resident gave me a great evaluation"
? It just seems so awkward. Any advice how to handle this would be much appreciated.
