Will it actually help?

[point542]

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[CodeBlu]

if you have tons of shadowing (300+ hours)? Realistically i'll end up with around 50-150 by the time I graduate. I just can't imagine shadowing for as long as some people do, there must be something better they can do with their time.

I understand its all part of the clinical experience package but I feel like after 20-30ish hours you'd develop a decent understanding of what a specialty does.

I disagree completely. Why do you think residency progams are 3+ years of 10,000 hours of training at minimum.

You have no idea what a specialty does until you're doing it.

That being said... you don't need a gajillion hours of shadowing 100 is MORE than enough.

 

[trypanosomiasis]

this thread title is hilariously ominous...

will it actually help?

 

[point542]

I disagree completely. Why do you think residency progams are 3+ years of 10,000 hours of training at minimum.

You have no idea what a specialty does until you're doing it.

That being said... you don't need a gajillion hours of shadowing 100 is MORE than enough.

Well I didn't say it would only take that long to completely understand and begin practicing. I just feel like it would be a sufficient amount to shadow one physician and talk about it

 

[rentedmule]

if you have tons of shadowing (300+ hours)? Realistically i'll end up with around 50-150 by the time I graduate. I just can't imagine shadowing for as long as some people do, there must be something better they can do with their time.

I understand its all part of the clinical experience package but I feel like after 20-30ish hours you'd develop a decent understanding of what a specialty does.

I had zero "direct" shadowing when I applied, but I had a fair amount of indirect shadowing. I often thought that it would be an issue, but it never came up during interviews or anything.

50-150 hrs of shadowing one specialty is more than enough to get a feel for it as a pre-med. I don't think adcoms are expecting you to know every single little thing about X specialty you are thinking of potentially going into. Sure, they'll ask you "what specialty" during interviews, but it will more of a "why did you choose it" rather than a multiple choice test on specifics.

 

[NYBills987]

I disagree completely. Why do you think residency progams are 3+ years of 10,000 hours of training at minimum.

You have no idea what a specialty does until you're doing it.

That being said... you don't need a gajillion hours of shadowing 100 is MORE than enough.

You almost seem like you are contradicting yourself haha.. Residents actually are training to DO things, those who shadow are not. To the OP, I didnt have a ton of shadowing and did just fine-- you will be fine with the hours you have amassed.

 

[MrBird]

An interviewer at Einstein told me she preferred it when applicants had over 100 hours of shadowing. But then again, she didn't get make the final call on whether or not I were to be accepted.

 

[MrBird]

this thread title is hilariously ominous...

will it actually help?

I don't get you.