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When is it appropriate to begin asking physicians if you can shadow them or not?
When I was in high school, the AP Anatomy & Physiology class got to watch a knee surgery. Now, I'm not sure if they watched from a window, or if they actually scrubbed in and stood there.
If you're pre-med, do they let you scrub on surgeries to watch but not touch, or do they have a window to watch from (the window thing makes more sense, because if pre-med students scrubbed in to watch, then they'd pretty much just get in the way, but I may be wrong!).
I'm just asking because I think since I have some time (I just had a baby five months ago, and I work like, two days each week, both ten hour shifts) to try and get some clinical experience.
Also, would it be weird to ask my nearby OB office if I could shadow them for a few hours each week? I all ready know I'm interested in OB.
Thanks!
PS - I don't begin school until September of 2011. So because I'm not quite "pre-med" yet, I was just wondering if it would be inappropriate to ask right now.
When I was in high school, the AP Anatomy & Physiology class got to watch a knee surgery. Now, I'm not sure if they watched from a window, or if they actually scrubbed in and stood there.
If you're pre-med, do they let you scrub on surgeries to watch but not touch, or do they have a window to watch from (the window thing makes more sense, because if pre-med students scrubbed in to watch, then they'd pretty much just get in the way, but I may be wrong!).
I'm just asking because I think since I have some time (I just had a baby five months ago, and I work like, two days each week, both ten hour shifts) to try and get some clinical experience.
Also, would it be weird to ask my nearby OB office if I could shadow them for a few hours each week? I all ready know I'm interested in OB.
Thanks!
PS - I don't begin school until September of 2011. So because I'm not quite "pre-med" yet, I was just wondering if it would be inappropriate to ask right now.