Specialty of shadowed doctor...

[quigleyadam9]

I have no desire to be an opthamologist, but there is one at the local hospital that always agrees to let students shadow him...does the fact it's not in a specialty I wish to pursue from an admissions standpoint?

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[236116]

you're supposed to keep an open mind about specialties. and the idea of shadowing is to introduce you to clinical medicine, not pick a career path.

 

[Jolie South]

I don't think it matters.

You'll still be observing patient interactions and the fact that medicine isn't glamorous. That's what counts.

 

[funkydrmonkey]

I have no desire to be an opthamologist, but there is one at the local hospital that always agrees to let students shadow him...does the fact it's not in a specialty I wish to pursue from an admissions standpoint?

I shadowed a family practice doc, and I always talk about how I want to do Gastroenterology... It does not matter which speciality you wanna go into... I always talk about the experience itself, how the doctor-patient interaction was, and how that has affected my views on medicine.

 

[bodonid]

you have a long road ahead of you- unless you know 100% what you want to do, experience in any field is good.

from an admissions standpoint, anything clinical is good, the more variety the better, i guess. i guess some state schools would rather see you shadow a FP or IM doc, but honestly it doesn't matter at all.

 

[deleted74029]

How would the adcoms ever know that you weren't interested in opthamology?

Would you put "shadowed an opthamologist even though I think his job sux ass" in your work/activities?

 

[Lukkie]

Would you put "shadowed an opthamologist even though I think his job sux ass" in your work/activities?

nah for that he'd need to shadow a proctologist

 

[Kaustikos]

you're supposed to keep an open mind about specialties. and the idea of shadowing is to introduce you to clinical medicine, not pick a career path.

Seriously. Just shadow the doctor and find another doctor with a specialty you're interested in shadowing. Two shadowing opportunities ftw!

also, Lukkie - lol