These opportunities likely don’t involve interacting with patients, but rather getting to understand the day-to-day responsibilities of healthcare providers. This includes what happens behind the scenes, like with record keeping and personnel management. After all, there’s more to being a ...
Job shadowing is an experiencewhere you spend a day or a few days observing a professional on the job.While job shadowing, you can easily learn about different jobs and help decide which careers you would enjoy the most. You can follow a doctor making her rounds in the hospital, observe a...
Many students and parents wrongly believe that job shadowing is difficult to come by. Many times, students approach this the wrong way. The best opportunities will not be found on Indeed or a job board; they are created. Imagine you aspire to be a physician, for example. Contact your famil...
Job shadowing is a perfect way to observe what it’s like in a clinical setting. Not only will job shadowing create a worthwhile summer, it also looks amazing on college applications. It shows a college you aren’t justsayingyou want to be an architect or doctor or whatever; you’reshowi...
We got to shadow and volunteer at different hospitals. It was a great overall experience just seeing how things work and what it’s like over there for the doctor and the patients. It makes you realize you can’t take things for granted because we have so many luxuries that they don’t...
Atlantis students enjoying a program excursion (Genoa, Italy). In a Nutshell Medical schools want 3 things: (1) healthcare exposure, (2) GPA/MCAT, and (3) AAMC competencies. When you shadow with Atlantis, you improve all 3. As a bonus, you get to do this while studying abroad during...
The purpose of this search was to determine what opportunities are afforded to students in newly established doctor of pharmacy programs. Local professionals who are engaged in research or applied technology in the areas of biomedical science; pharmaceutical science; or industrial pharmacy were contacted...
This can be in a hospital, private clinic, correctional facility, or in another location. These opportunities likely don’t involve interacting with patients, but rather getting to understand the day-to-day responsibilities of healthcare providers. This includes what happens behind the scenes, like...
An elective course at our institution assists students in selecting a specialty. Enrolled students gain exposure to at least 6 different medical specialties per semester by shadowing 1 of several doctor volunteers. Students select shadowing opportunities according to their interests to enhance their ...