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Shadowing is important unless you have some other experience that serves as a strong proxy. Primary care is a better sample that the ED.
A "physician letter" is entirely superfluous for MD schools (except AZ, UT and RFU where it is accepted as a clinical letter).
A "physician letter" is entirely superfluous for MD schools (except AZ, UT and RFU where it is accepted as a clinical letter).
do you think scribing would be a sufficient proxy? I witnessed a lot of doctor-patient interaction during that process.
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It's better than nothing, but ongoing interactions are key to understanding the doctor/patient relationship.
I consider scribing glorified shadowing. But at least it's employment as well.
If they let you, sure.
And Sorry for being blunt but I have to ask: How do you not know that after being on SDN for almost ten years?
I guess I should have worded that differently as I was essentially trying to ask the OP if they had asked their PCP. Mine was more than happy to let me shadow a few times.
Thank you for the input! I asked my PCP but he said he couldn't allow it due to HIPAA laws and his practice being private. I'm still searching for other physicians, and hoping to find one who will let me shadow them for about 25 hours.
Ask for 4 hours.
