Volunteer?

[POnuts]

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Anyone have any advice on what type of hospital volunteering would involve a lot of volunteer-doctor interaction? Maybe a specific department? ( Hoping that a letter of recommendation would come out of it..) 🙂
Thanks




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[LizzyM]

Volunteers have minimal contact with physicians. I see quite a few letters each year and I've never seen one by a physician on behalf of a volunteer in a non-research setting. You can still get a letter of recommendation based on volunteer work. It will come from the Director of Volunteers, a paid employee of the facility, or perhaps from a nurse-manager on the unit where you did your volunteer work. These are usually unimpressive, at best the writer will mention that you were well-groomed, polite and showed up on time. The worst usually just certify that you volunteered xxx hours at YZ hospital.

 

[crys20]

If you really want a letter from a doc, I think shadowing is a better route towards getting it.

 

[2tall]

Shadowing...volunteering at a homeless clinic would probably get you more access to a doc.

Ask the Volunteer Coordinator or other premed volunteers at your hospital...perhaps they'd be able to help you out.

 

[POnuts]

Shadowing...volunteering at a homeless clinic would probably get you more access to a doc.

Ask the Volunteer Coordinator or other premed volunteers at your hospital...perhaps they'd be able to help you out.

I don't want to sound ignorant, but what exactly is shadowing?

 

[LizzyM]

Shadowing means following around a health care provider and watching them while they work. Privacy laws are making it more difficult to justify giving non-employees access to patients' information so many docs are not having students shadow them. Some, I think, are getting around it by having school sponsored programs so that students can register for a non-credit program that gives them a physician (often an alumnus) to shadow.

 

[JPINFV]

How does one go about getting LOR's from professors?

 

[hatchmar]

Shadowing is great. Just following a doctor as he does his work.

Why not go to a hospital and talk to their volunteer coordinator? Tell them you and working to get into medical school and want a position that would give you good interaction with physicians. They might have something for you.

 

[fateema368]

Shadowing means following around a health care provider and watching them while they work. Privacy laws are making it more difficult to justify giving non-employees access to patients' information so many docs are not having students shadow them. Some, I think, are getting around it by having school sponsored programs so that students can register for a non-credit program that gives them a physician (often an alumnus) to shadow.

What is your deal lady? Suggest something beneficial or move the hell on!!!

 

[medtechv79]

What is your deal lady? Suggest something beneficial or move the hell on!!!

What the hell is your problem? With all these HIPAA laws I think she is presenting sound advice. If you really want some doctor interaction why not ask your family physician or a doctor you know that you are interested in medical school and would like to shadow or get a job working with a doctor. I'm sure they can give you pretty good references.
THis is somewhat related but my parents told their vet that I was interested in vet school. The veterinarian than told my parents that I shuold come work for him to see if I really want to go to vet school. I might just do that. So see if you can contact a doctor and get some suggestions. Working at a hospital is really good too. You could be a care assistant, nurse's aide, phlebotomist etc.