Why do doctors want to see your cv before shadowing?

[wlee43]

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Is it so that if you have no chance at medical school (abysmal GPA, etc) to begin with they are more likely to reject you as a shadowing candidate?

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Never been asked for it.
Then again I've never had any formal shadowing.
😀

 

[johnisles2011]

That's a good question. I never thought of that. Maybe they want to give the appearance of selectivity or something. Maybe it's just professional habit. Maybe your right, and it's so they can reject people who have no chance.

 

[Charles Darwin]

That's a good question. I never thought of that. Maybe they want to give the appearance of selectivity or something. Maybe it's just professional habit. Maybe your right, and it's so they can reject people who have no chance.

Or they could be using it as an opportunity to get to know you as a student/individual.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Is it so that if you have no chance at medical school (abysmal GPA, etc) to begin with they are more likely to reject you as a shadowing candidate?

Agree that it is multifactorial. Some may keep it in their files, others may use it to screen psychos before letting them near their patients, others might want to check to see if you are hopeless, others may just want to gauge your experiences so that they know what they are getting into (for example, I always ask first years with me at student clinic if they have past EMT or other medical experience so I don't waste 10 minutes explaining how to take vitals). My favorite reason would be so that they have something to talk to you about during the hours of you sitting in close proximity.

 

[Danbo1957]

^^^^ All of this. Exactly.

I want a written CV for my files, as it is part of my personnel documentation regimen.

 

[hellocubed]

hmmmmmmm, is this really that common?


I shadowed 4 different physicians in 3 different states, and never been asked for a CV.
If anything it must be so that they can get to know you.