Recommendation letter, please help!

[docusa123]

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Hi guys, so i've volunteered for a DPM and he told me to write my own rec letter and he'd sign it, but i have no idea even where to begin. Can someone help me out and give me a sample? I have teacher rec letters but obv I need this DPM's letter and he's too busy to write it himself and told me to so he could look over it and sign it. If anyone could help me out that'd be great. Thanks

 

[UMCanesMD]

extremely intelligent person, very interested in the nature of the profession, great with patients, motivated, shows a great desire to succeed in this field....i don't know, stuff of that nature?

 

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[HenryH]

You get to write your OWN letter and you're stuck?! Here are a few ideas to get you started...

"I have never met such a motivated, hard-working student in my life..."

"Of all the college students who have shadowed me, none have displayed even a microscopic sliver of this young man's sheer, other-worldly potential to revolutionize podiatry..."

"docusa123: The Missing Link of Vision 2015 that will unlock unprecedented parity with allopathic and osteopathic medicine..."

 

[Feli]

holy **** are you serious you get to write your own freakin letter! oh man thats like using cheat codes on video games but do it write the most positive things you can think of, like about your genuine desire to be a DPM...

I agree, but those things do happen. You may be suprised.

On the last day of my ER rotation, the attending told me that I could fill out my own evaluation form and he'd just sign it since I had had a good month and worked hard. I told him that I'd feel uncomfortable with that. He laughed, circled all 4s (that means honors = A), wrote "great clinician" in the comments section, signed it, and slapped me on the back. I'm not bragging there... just showing you that these things do happen. Maybe he does that for all students who do at least a fair job; I don't really know.

The bottom line is that some attendings are very relaxed, and others are very firm and by the book. As you advance in your training, you will experience the entire spectrum of attending docs, personalities, and egos.