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I'm shadowing a DO next week.... what should i know before i meet him?
 
captaindargo said:
I'm shadowing a DO next week.... what should i know before i meet him?

The cliche questions "Why do you want to be a doctor?...Osteopathic Physician?"

I found on my first day of shadowing I didnt talk to the doctor that much. I just tagged along and introduced myself to the patients. Pretty much kept my mouth shut the rest of the time. After a few visits I was able to do BP checks, ask questions to patients, and pretty much do a history before the doc came into the room.

Hopefully your doc will be pretty laid back. 👍

Fun times.
 
DRKUBA said:
I'm going to shadow a DO tomorow. What should I wear?

dress professionally
 
I would Google the doctor and learn all you can about him or her. It's a good coversation starter to be able to say like, "I hear that you went to X school, how was that?" etc.
 
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