Schools with shadowing requirements?

[mwsapphire]

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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if anybody knows of any med schools ( MD or DO) that have specific shadowing requirements? I have about 33 hours, which it seems for the 15 programs I am interested in , is adequate. I've heard of some schools have 20 ish hour requirements , but I've recently learned that some schools require 40 or even 100. What are those schools?I'm very curious, but also feeling vaguely stressed that I feel like I missed something.

 

[993444]

University of Utah - 8 Hours Minimum. 24 to be competitive.

 

[mwsapphire]

All applicants for all schools should have a minimum of 25 hours of shadowing to be a solid candidate. Between 25-75 is common across applicants. counterintuitively, significantly more shadowing can possibly be a red flag depending on kind and hours as this is a passive experience that you do for yourself as opposed to clinical volunteering which is an active experience you do for others. For example, it is not uncommon to see research-heavy/high-stat applicants who have 100+ hours of shadowing with academic subspecialties, especially surgical and procedure based medicine. I have interviewed candidates who have many hours of shadowing but never with a patient who was awake.

That's actually what I'm getting at- the people who get a 100 hrs of shadowing normally do so with a PI who is a MD/PhD who also pratices, but no guarantee what specialty they practice ( such as surgery), and then do those shadowing hours really mean more than my 33 in Primary care? And that's why hearing of a 100 hr requirement shocked me. Unless this is a Top School where it's expected that like 10 of your family members are doctors.

 

[candbgirl]

Thirty-three hours in primary care is great. You have most likely seen docs interact with the patients in several settings and under several circumstances. I think what you have is far more beneficial to you than applicants that have 100+ hours shadowing a Surgeon in surgery where you don’t see how the patient responds or reacts to the doctor. Sure it might be more interesting and I suppose it’s impressive when talking to friends but does it really help you understand what doctoring and patient interaction is all about. I’m not sure. I think you are good with 33 hours but if you want to increase the number find someone else to,shadow. But no way do you need 100 hours or anywhere close to 100 hours.