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Daneosaurus

Daneosaurus

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The father of one of my daughter's friends is an EM physician in a local Level I trauma center. I am thinking I should ask if I can shadow him. I haven't shadowed anyone yet, but my wife thinks it may be awkward if it were he that I shadowed. I'm not sure I agree with her, but some outside opinions would be helpful.
 
To me, it sounds like a pretty normal use of connections to get in touch with a physician to shadow. I'm curious about why your wife thinks it would be awkward? Not trying to bash her but just trying to understand the situation better.
 
sector9 said:
To me, it sounds like a pretty normal use of connections to get in touch with a physician to shadow. I'm curious about why your wife thinks it would be awkward? Not trying to bash her but just trying to understand the situation better.
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I'm not really sure why my wife feels that way. Our daughters have play dates fairly frequently (~2x a month). I thought it was a good use of a connection, as well. My wife knows the friend's mom pretty well. Wife thinks I should try other people first, and again, I have no idea why (although, he is the only attending physician I know, besides my kids' pediatrician). I guess she thinks it may have some negative impact on my daughter's social life if it doesn't go well 😕 ? Though, I'm not really sure what that means.
 
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