<p>i was looking into shadowing a doctor over the summer, but i really dont know what type of doctor i should shadow.
so just wondering what types of doctors are best to shadow???
cardiologist, pediatrician, neurologist, etc.</p>
<p>which type of doctors are you interested in? are you interested in feet or eyes or the heart? or wutever categories doctors come in...</p>
<p>whichever you are truly curious about you should shadow</p>
<p>I'm shadowing doctor's practices that i'm interested in..
-Orthopedic surgery
-interventional radiology</p>
<p>Decide who to shadow based on how your other interests tie into medicine and which interests you the most.</p>
<p>Contact your local hospital first and ask them for whom they do job shadows, because a lot of hospitals won't let you shadow certain kinds of doctors.
try a diagnostician or doctor of internal medicine first...I think...keep it general, maybe?</p>
<p>Good luck finding a diagnostician. It's a fictional specialty.</p>
<p>^Haha</p>
<p>I would call around to various hospitals and if that doesn't work out look for smaller offshoots like surgery centers.</p>
<p>usually they dont allow you to shadow doctors, especially if you are a high school student (liability, etc.) do you know anyone personally? does your scool have any special programs? my school had a program where i had to compete through an essay writing contest in order to shadow a transplant surgeon, but the program was only for one day and we didnt even get to see transplants :( if you can, shadow a surgeon around, not only is it SUPER AMAZING, but it looks wonderful on college apps :D</p>
<p>coffeeicecream: lol...you should have asked the transplant surgeon that you shawdowed if you could continue doing it...</p>