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So for those of you who don't know me, I am an M2, D.O. candidate.
I have done research starting this past summer and throughout the first semester of M2 with a PI whom I would call a prominent person in medical research. He received a post-doctorate from Harvard, and has put out 100+ publications in journals, and also has high ranking (Dean) with a masters program at our school. I am done doing research with him, but I wonder if I should ask him if he would be willing to write me a letter of rec.
The thing is, I am really not familiar with what residency PDs are looking for in your LORs. Being from an osteopathic school, I really don't have all the different departments that an allopathic school has (i.e. Rads, Surgical Specialties, IM specialties, Anesthesiology, etc) to ask for a letter of rec from. I am currently interested in Radiology, and am considering IM subspecialties as well as Anesthesiology. But, the only faculty member that has known me for long enough and I feel comfortable asking for a letter of rec is my PI from research.
Should I wait and ask physicians I'm assigned to work with during M3/4 for LORs? Our school isn't affiliated with any particular teaching hospitals so that concerns me a little bit, because I don't know if they will be the people I want to ask for LORs.
I have done research starting this past summer and throughout the first semester of M2 with a PI whom I would call a prominent person in medical research. He received a post-doctorate from Harvard, and has put out 100+ publications in journals, and also has high ranking (Dean) with a masters program at our school. I am done doing research with him, but I wonder if I should ask him if he would be willing to write me a letter of rec.
The thing is, I am really not familiar with what residency PDs are looking for in your LORs. Being from an osteopathic school, I really don't have all the different departments that an allopathic school has (i.e. Rads, Surgical Specialties, IM specialties, Anesthesiology, etc) to ask for a letter of rec from. I am currently interested in Radiology, and am considering IM subspecialties as well as Anesthesiology. But, the only faculty member that has known me for long enough and I feel comfortable asking for a letter of rec is my PI from research.
Should I wait and ask physicians I'm assigned to work with during M3/4 for LORs? Our school isn't affiliated with any particular teaching hospitals so that concerns me a little bit, because I don't know if they will be the people I want to ask for LORs.