| sak09, for the pediatrician and allergist, I literally just walked into a local medical center and asked every small clinic there that I could to get something. That building had at least 30 different groups in it, and the pediatrician was the only person who agreed. The allergist only allowed me to do a one-day shadow, which, in the end, turned out to be pretty useless since I just sat in the office the whole time while he went to do his work...
With the hematology lab, I volunteered at the local hospital initially, and then asked around there, and eventually found out that there was an application process for internships, but they only take less then 5 out of a typical applicant pool of 75-100 people. But the fact that I was already volunteering counted for something, along with the rest of my application, so i ended up getting a position, and I chose to work in the hematology lab. |