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Saturday
Jan302010

The Pre-Med Hell Guide on Shadowing

 

We just ended our series on shadowing, and had a lot of fun writing it, so make sure you guys send us emails, tweets, and comments with suggestions for improvements, and new posts. This post is really meant as a wrap-up and a place for all of you to find the whole series.

Start here: Finding Physicians to Shadow

This was our guide on finding doctors to shadow, and how to utilize your options, and maximize your chances for being allowed to shadow a doctor.

Then read this: Finding Contact Information for Doctors

This was the post we wrote so that everyone could easily utilize their resources to find contact information for almost all doctors.

Your almost there: How to ask a doctor to shadow them

This was one of our longest posts in the series, we covered various ways of contacting them, what to ask, what to say, and even included sample email templates and phone scripts.

Finally the end: What to expect when shadowing

This was the last post in this series, we covered how to dress, what to do in order to prepare, what to expect, and what to do afterwards to maximize the impact and gain more opportunities.

Please comment on this post and any of our other posts with suggestions for improvement, and suggestions for new topics, we have a lot of exciting posts coming up for you guys. Also let us know if you have had any success stories with our methods.

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