Shadowing success story

[sm1nty]

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I was having the hardest time finding a dentist to shadow - the hard part I think, was because the practices that I had called and/or showed up at were always crazy busy. Going down the list of dentists in the phonebook yielded no results either. I didn't really have connections with any dentist in my state. I felt like I had hit a dead end.

I was feeling quite frustrated, but it's spring break this week, so I decided to give it another shot.

On Monday, I just walked into a clinic - it was near closing time - and I got to ask the dentist directly. He was cool with it. (It was to be a first shadowing experience for both of us).

The next day, I shadowed the dentist all day - it was his short day, his practice closed at noon.

And at the end of my shadowing session, I ended up with a job! To be his official shadower / receptionist/ all-round assistant.

How cool is that?
It's the kind of office where he sees one patient at a time, so it never gets too busy, and I'm sure I'll learn a lot, and see at the same time how a practice is run. And there will be plenty of downtime where I'll get to study and do homework too. And I get paid. And he'll know me well enough to write me a nice letter of recommendation. YAY!!!

So the moral of the story is: Don't be frustrated and don't give up.
And it works much better if you get to talk to the dentist directly. Near closing time worked for me.

Good luck everybody! YAY!

 

[lgreen_aci]

dang. I hope I can find something like that.

I'd love nothing more than to quit my other job for something like that.

I'm 2 for 2 on getting them to let me shadow, but 0 for 2 on getting a cool job like that.

I'm going to hit up some more dentists for shadowing over spring break. Hope a job pops up.

 

[xylashellx]

thats a good story. its hard to find shadowing that can turn into a job. i was fortunate enough also to get a job after shadowing but i knew the dentist personally as well. everyones first shadowing experience usually gets them pumped up for the dental profession. it did for me. congrats!

 

[Mysteree]

You're going to get paid, that's amazing! congrats.

 

[golfmontpoker]

Awsome story! I will attempt to start shadowing here in the next week... If I get offered a job I will obviously **** my pants!

 

[lgreen_aci]

SCORE! Just found a dentist who served on the admissions board at Ohio State, taught first year classes, and just opened his brand new office about 2 blocks from my house. This is someone I need to get to know VERY well. I'm totally going to hit him up for a job shadow!!!!

 

[food4thots]

awesome... good to hear you guys are getting results