Securing DO Letter?

[MidwesterMedicine]

Hi All

For those that have, how did you go about this? I don't have a working relationship with a DO, but I have shadowed a DO in Obgyn and psych. However, I just don't feel these interactions were enough to request a letter. Or maybe this is common practice?

Thank you!

 

[Cardboard101]

It is.

Just ask, be polite and give them plenty of time to write it (2 weeks minimum).

 

[PapaGuava]

Regardless if you’ve shadowed them for weeks or only for a brief amount of time, they will write you a letter if you have been polite and we’re a decent person to work with while shadowing them.

 

[crazymedguy123]

Just to reiterate the points above, most DO's know that DO schools like letters after shadowing a DO, so they probably have some idea that you may want a letter. Definitely ask as long as it went well.