Shadowing hours

[Roy Munson]

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Quick question guys - roughly how many hours of shadowing a DPM are considered acceptable/standard/average for applying to POD schools? For example, if I've only shadowed a DPM for a few weeks for a total of about 10 hours, is that considered too little? During that span I did learn a lot and I'm getting a LOR from him, so I'd hope that it would be enough. Just curious what you folks think. Thanks in advance!

 

[dropfoot]

Quick question guys - roughly how many hours of shadowing a DPM are considered acceptable/standard/average for applying to POD schools? For example, if I've only shadowed a DPM for a few weeks for a total of about 10 hours, is that considered too little? During that span I did learn a lot and I'm getting a LOR from him, so I'd hope that it would be enough. Just curious what you folks think. Thanks in advance!

Ten hours is fine as long as it was productive; the LOR is better even if it wasn't. Just don't tell them that you got Munsoned out in the middle of nowhere and missed your shadowing appointment (than you would have to explain the missing arm, and after all, you are applying to a Podiatry school).

 

[Roy Munson]

Just don't tell them that you got Munsoned out in the middle of nowhere and missed your shadowing appointment (than you would have to explain the missing arm, and after all, you are applying to a Podiatry school).

Haha so glad you got the reference!

 

[dropfoot]

Haha so glad you got the reference!

Are you kidding??? That was the greatest movie of all time. The part where roy lost his arm was filmed at a local bowling area that i grew up by. It was called Beaver Valley bowl, and before that it was a micro brewery. I bet that i have watched that movie 100 times. CLASSIC 👍

 

[FootPro]

i have 30 hours and i feel that its still not enough, honestly how much can you learn about a profession in 10-30 hours, also i'm sure each podiatry practice is different in many ways so you could have a really great or really bad experience that doesn't represent the majority. a strong letter of reference is what they really want to see