Shadowing Experiences
Please click on each organization to access a 1-line description, the website (if applicable), and the students' comments regarding that specific opportunity.
The list is organized in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
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Brief Description:
Cedars-Sinai Program that pairs you with a physician for a few weeks for shadowing. There are weekly meetings and they invite various physician panelists for Q&A panels
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Student Comment:
- “I got to shadow an oncologist and bariatric surgeon through this program, and this shadowing program eventually helped me land a research internship and eventually a gap year job through one of the physicians I shadowed! Definitely recommend this program, since Ronald Reagan and many hospitals now only allow undergrad shadowing through formal shadowing programs. The interview process was very enjoyable (there was one group interview when I was part of the program!). It would be nice to have a reliable form of transportation, but I've heard of students biking to Cedars or taking public transportation.. so don't let that stop you!”
Brief Description:
Shadowing program at RR (departments: peds, IM, neuro, cardio, EM)
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Student Comment:
- “PULSE is a fantastic way to shadow world-class physicians at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; you have the option to shadow doctors in a variety of departments, including peds, cardio, neuro, the ED, and more; the ability to participate in rounds and learn from attendings and residents is an extraordinary opportunity to introduce yourself to the world and language of medicine and to see if medicine might be a career for you; some of the cases at UCLA are so unique and complex, you never know what you might have the privilege of seeing; also, the interview process was very friendly and everyone in the org is so down-to-earth”