Shadowing Question

[plzhelpmeh]

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I've done a lot of shadowing, but it's like with a ton of random doctors for a few days that adds up to like 150 hours. Is this enough hours?

Also do I just list the names of the doctors I shadowed under a "shadowing" section as one of my 15 activities? Or should this be in another section of my app? And do I need documentation proving I shadowed them?

Also does anyone know if there are any sample activities sections posted online for me to look at to see how I'm supposed to write mine?

Thanks

 

[Catalystik]

I've done a lot of shadowing, but it's like with a ton of random doctors for a few days that adds up to like 150 hours. Is this enough hours?

Also do I just list the names of the doctors I shadowed under a "shadowing" section as one of my 15 activities? Or should this be in another section of my app? And do I need documentation proving I shadowed them?

Also does anyone know if there are any sample activities sections posted online for me to look at to see how I'm supposed to write mine?

Thanks

-Yes, it's enough hours.
-You don't need documentation, but you do need contact information for whomever can attest to your involvement.

One potential format for listing physician shadowing on an AMCAS application (whichever doc you list first, you'd put the pertinent data in the header and omit it from the narrative box. Total Hours box would be all the hours added together):

**4/2015-5/2015: 15 hours, Jake Famleedok, MD, Family Practice. [email protected] This was mostly clinic time, but I got to observe a vaginal delivery, too. I cut the cord!

**3/14-5/2014: 20 hours, Ling Ula, MD, Pulmonology, Podunk, AL, Health Clinic, 555-555-5556

** 12/2013-3/2014: 40 hours, Al Abowtgolf, DO, Sports Medicine, Podunk, AL, Health Clinic, 555-555-5555

**Spring 2012: 15 hours, John Kutoocure, DO, Surgeon, Meridian, MS. [email protected] Observed a complete bowel resection and a pancreatic cancer resection. Some clinic hours included.
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-If the Contact is not the physician, you'll need to add that person's name, too.
-If two or more took place at one location, you might list them at the top and have the header Organization apply to both.
-If you have many, many docs, you can list the main ones at the top and later summarize others in a way that fits in the remaining space, like "Also shadowed a rheumatologist, neonatologist, and neurosurgeon for 20 more hours combined" without giving contacts and locations.

 

[emraldragon]

I shadowed several physicians, but I spent a particularly long time in one office and it became one of my most meaningful experiences. If this is the case for you, I grouped all other shadowing under one activity and shadowing that one doc into its own activity.