The King County Medical Society (KCMS) Student Shadowing Program was created to help connect students with opportunities to observe the medical field in a clinical setting. The shadowing experience is intended to help students decide whether medicine is truly something they wish to pursue by watching a physician’s daily activities in an effort to learn and see the environment of a physician in practice. This experience will provide students a “real-life” view of the medical field.
A growing trend for medical school admissions is an emphasis on physician shadowing experience. The KCMS Shadowing Program is dedicated to aiding students in meeting that recommendation by providing an online database of member physicians located in Seattle/King County who are available to provide shadowing opportunities to pre-medical students.
The role of the Advisor:
– Informing your students about the Pre-Med Student Shadowing Program
– Verifying that they meet the KCMS Student Shadowing Requirement of being in ‘junior or beyond’ standing
– Sending them to the KCMS website
The role of the Student:
– Filling out an application on the KCMS website, www.kcmsociety.org
– Requesting a Letter of Recommendation from their advisor (you)
– Submitting a completed application
– Contacting their assigned physician and scheduling their shadowing hours
The role of the KCMS:
– Reviewing applications
– Answering Student Shadowing Program questions
– Matching students with physicians
– Recruiting KCMS physician-members to provide shadowing opportunities
KCMS will be working with various Community Health Clinics to provide shadowing opportunities in public health.
