Shadowing Contract w/ my undergrad univ??

[premedicine555]

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I recently called my nearby clinic and asked if I can shadow one of their doctors. The lady told me you can only do it for one day, anything over that one day would need a contract and apparently, my undergrad institution--UCLA--doesn't have a contract with that clinic. Do you need a contract to shadow a docotor, even if the doctor said it was okay?

Thanks.

 

[Abdullaah]

I've never heard of something like that, but I guess in your case you do need a contract.

 

[amakhosidlo]

Find another clinic. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

Or, call the Doc and ask him what the deal is with these 'contracts'. I sort of get the feeling that the clinic's getting paid to reserve shadowing 'spots' for students from contracting universities. Hope I'm off though, because that's sort of disturbing..

 

[premedicine555]

Thank you. Yeah, it's ridiculous!! I've called about twenty doctors, we'll see how that turns out 🙁

 

[premedicine555]

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[Naijaba]

Hi, my mother is a nurse at a local hospital and she asked the doctors to allow me to shadow them. They were happy to let me do it, but the hospital didn't have a contract with my university either. I tried several attempts but in the end it didn't work out.