Shadowing!

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1. Is there an official way to record my shadowing/volunteering hours or should I just keep my own log?

2. Planning out my schedule for the upcoming school year- need some advice as to whether I should regularly shadow during the school year (perhaps one day/week could be dedicated to a couple hours of shadowing) or use my school breaks to shadow? (our winter break is about a month long, summer is ~3 months, etc) I will probably be volunteering regularly at dental clinics during the school year + doing other ECs.

Thank you!

 

[sjv]

1. Keep your own log of approximate dates and hours.

2. Up to you, doesn't really matter, the total hours is what counts, aim for 100+.

1. Is there an official way to record my shadowing/volunteering hours or should I just keep my own log?

2. Planning out my schedule for the upcoming school year- need some advice as to whether I should regularly shadow during the school year (perhaps one day/week could be dedicated to a couple hours of shadowing) or use my school breaks to shadow? (our winter break is about a month long, summer is ~3 months, etc) I will probably be volunteering regularly at dental clinics during the school year + doing other ECs.

Thank you!

 

[Miriemirie]

Definitely keep your own log. Also, if you get a rec from a dentist you shadow, some schools require that the letter mention how many hours you shadowed, as a way of them 'signing off' on it. This happened to me with one school, can't remember which, but my dentist forgot to state it in his rec. Luckily when I stopped shadowing, I had him sign off on a statement of how many hours I shadowed just in case, so I was able to send them that instead.

 

[wildzodiac]

Definitely keep your own log. Also, if you get a rec from a dentist you shadow, some schools require that the letter mention how many hours you shadowed, as a way of them 'signing off' on it. This happened to me with one school, can't remember which, but my dentist forgot to state it in his rec. Luckily when I stopped shadowing, I had him sign off on a statement of how many hours I shadowed just in case, so I was able to send them that instead.

I do know that Tufts requires such a letter from a dentist.

 

[jaymaster7]

any other schools require dentist mention number of hours??? other than Tufts???

 

[deleted687806]

Thank you all so much for the help! I really appreciate it. 🙂

 

[bodmon]

any other schools require dentist mention number of hours??? other than Tufts???

has anyone figured this out lol

 

[ajj70]

For Tufts, if you have shadowed several dentists, do they want a letter from each one?