Jenny, I shadowed my very first physician last month because my friend's dad is a nurse and he knew an Emergency Medicine doctor so he referred me to the doctor. It was THE BEST Feeling ever!! I shadowed for the whole shift for 2 days (so 24hrs total). I 100% recommend all pre-meds to shadow.

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Entei Raikou That sounds awesome!! How did you feel after 24 hours? Most people describe the drive home like being intoxicated so they end up driving really really slow lol

@enteiraikou5845

7 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le This may sound like I'm lying, but trust me, I'm not. After 24hrs (2 days of 12hr shift), I felt a little tired at first. But, I was also hit with a rush of Energy as soon as my shifts were over. I remember writing a short reflection on my experience shadowing and how energized and happy I felt when I was shadowing the doctor. I also wrote down that I didn't want the shift to ever end even if there isn't much action going on in the ER. In addition, Everyone around me were so kind and welcoming. The other doctors, PAs, nurses, front desk, nursing assistants and even the porters! I felt like I belonged in that environment and it was Awesome!! One of the best days and highlight of my 2017 so far. :)

@Estiexo

7 жыл бұрын

Entei Raikou that sounds amazing must have been exhilarating!

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Entei Raikou Makes me so happy to hear about your experience. Sounds like you belong in medicine 🤓👍🏼

Thank you so much Jenny for just being you. You've really boosted my confidence towards becoming a pre-med student next fall and you're a huge inspiration to me. Congratulations on the baby and I wish you the best!

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+hannahsteshia TYSM for all your support 🤓👶🏻❤️ you guys definitely keep me going.

Congratulations to the new parents. May you guys be blessed with lots of loving memories during this special time as new parents. Wishing you guys the very best. 👶🏻🍼💕

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Jessica Monterroza TYSM 😍👶🏻💙

i love that you put emphasis on the fact that you just need to get out here and ask around because there's no other way to do it. i'm doing clerkship right now and will shadow a physician next year, but in my country, our school randomly pair us with a family doctor in our "state" and we have to shadow them for 2 months. can't wait :D

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+lookingforsure That does sound exciting! You'll get a lot of experience in those 2 months.

Congrats again on baby!!!!

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Joyce Campbell 💙👶🏻💙

thank you for this video!! I was wanting to shadow a physician this summer and was extremely lost on how to go about finding a physician so thank you!!

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Arnela Good luck! I hope you are able to find one 🤓👍🏼

can you explain what you should expect from you shadowing experience. do you sit in on appointments? do you just do filing and sit at the front desk? does what you do during your shadowing matter? can you do a quick follow up video addressing this?

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+amandisag This depends on where and what doctor you shadow. There's no guidelines to shadow so it's whatever the doctor is comfortable letting you doing. A doctor can let you do all the things you mentioned.

@amandisag

7 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le oh ok! Thank you :)

@brandasorus5096

7 жыл бұрын

I shadowed an EM physician a year ago or so. It was amazing. Essentially, I was the doctors shadow (hence "shadowing"). So that means that I followed him everywhere and anywhere. When a code would get called, we'd run to where it was. I'd stand in the corner of the room and watch him (and a whole team of docs and nurses) try to resuscitate the patients (sometimes patients die, so when shadowing an EM doc, keep that in mind). When we weren't doing trauma, I'd sit in and watch him do paper work and talk about the patients we saw. And when he was triaging patients I got to go with him to every appointment and watch everything he did. Shadowing an EM doc is great cause you get to see a lot of different stuff. I have so many stories from it; it was amazing.

i also went through clinical care extenders, and i got to shadow a cardiologist during my cardiology rotation! it was so great, especially when the doctor loves to teach students! :) I also got to shadow all the cardiology nurses, and assist with stress tests and other procedures! Thanks for the video, Jenny! :D

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Moises Garcia That's awesome! Yes, advice I've always received from physicians and residents are "make nice with your nurses, because they've been here way longer than you and will probably stay when you have long gone. They will teach you lot!"

Yes!! Shadowing was one of the best experiences for me 😊

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+JoyfishXO That's awesome! What kind of doctor did you shadow?

@DoctorNikkiP

7 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le I shadowed general practice, oncology/hematology, and general surgery :) hope you and the baby are doing well!

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+JoyfishXO baby is healthy with 10 fingers and ten toes. Couldn't ask for anything more 😍

@DoctorNikkiP

7 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le that's wonderful!! ☺️

I was just looking for sucha video ,thanks Jinny

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Rana Has you're welcome 🤓👍🏼

im very happy right now hahaha... for the first time ill get a chance to be your first video liker hahaha.. im a fan here.. thank you for sharing your videos

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Unknown Lady TYSM for your support 🤓❤️

Hi Jenny, I am a resident in radiology in Brazil. Next year, I have plan to do a shadowing in radiology abroad for one month. Could you help me, please? If you have contacts of doctors or tips. Thank you so much!

Yes

Hey Jenny can i shadow a doctor in Chiropractor in order to go to med school or i should try to look for an actual doctor?

how long should you shadow a doctor?

I’m still confused. How do you shadow? Do you just walk in and start following a doctor

@amjed123456325632561

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't understand that too

Can you do this in High school?

Thanks for the tips! when do you think is the best time to start doing shadowing ? like in what year? thank you

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+s3oda100 I'm not part of administration so I can't say for sure. But I think the earlier you start the better. It's more so about consistency - better to shadow one a week for a whole year compared to just one summer. And if school schedules only allow you to shadow during the summer then do it for multiple summers.

@s3oda100

7 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

What so you mean by taking students ? Do you mean as a volunteer? And is this after graduation from med school or what ?

hi, do you have any advice for international medical students?

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Angela Yang Advice in regards to? I don't have much experience with IMGs myself. It may be better to seek advice from someone going through your same situation

What was your gpa when you applied to graduate school?

@brandasorus5096

7 жыл бұрын

shestrendy I don't know if she's every said that in her videos, but you should keep in mind that GPA is only one factor of many to get into grad school (especially med school).

@mujjuman

6 жыл бұрын

gpa is actually very important. without a high gpa, the rest of ur application wont even be looked at. aim for 3.5+

what if you are only 16 years old, can you still do it?

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Richard Dabiedeen Yes! Shadowing is very physician dependent. So there are really not set rules or guidelines.

@Ubgod-vt3go

5 жыл бұрын

@@drjennale Isn't there the HICAA regulations to worry about?

@Shameless_Papist

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ubgod-vt3go don't you mean Hippa?

@camilomarcano1805

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ubgod-vt3go yeah, you can’t speak on anything that includes patient private information

how did you get a position in a histology lab?

@drjennale

5 жыл бұрын

Applied to a bunch of places. I was also part of phi delta epsilon the premedical fraternity - they helped me network.

@summerdow7149

5 жыл бұрын

Jenny Le thank you for the info! What places would you find histology lab positions in? Hospitals? Universities? Private practice? Also did you have to be certified in anything prior or have any prior experience doing something such as that?

@drjennale

5 жыл бұрын

I did not have any prior experience. I went to school at UCSD so there were a lot of research labs. I actually started as a volunteer and was later hired

This may seem dumb....but what is shadowing? My native language is not English and I can't find a Dutch translation....

@drjennale

7 жыл бұрын

+Nada S Shadowing a physician just means following the doctor around - enabling you to experience what being a doctor entailed.

@nadas1079

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, okay, I was confused for a minute but we have that in the Netherlands too (:

broos there is this loud background noise is it just me?

Stop putting your fingers in our face