How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 1:Go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org and click the “Find a Doctor” link

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How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 2:Pick a fewspecialty areas of interest; then perform a search

Click here to choose specialty areas of interest

How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 3:View the list of names; click on a doctor’s name to learn more about him/her

Click here to see the doctor’s profile

How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 4:Go to www.jhu.eduand then go to the myJohnsHopkins portal

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How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 5:Once you log in, use the Search People feature to search for some of the doctors you selected

Click here to search for the doctor’s name

How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Step 6:You will then get a page with the doctor’s direct email address and phone number. Draft a professional email introducing yourself and asking if you might be able to shadow him or her. Make sure to identify yourself as being from Hopkins in the subject line of the email. Here is a sample email:

How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins

Do’s and Don’ts• Do be as professional as possible in your correspondence with physicians• Do contact a small number of physicians (5 or fewer) at a time • Do speak with an advisor with any questions• Don’t “blast email” the same email to multiple physicians in the same department• Don’t harass physicians; don’t email someone again if you haven’t heard from them after only a day or two; if it has been two+ weeks, then you can follow up by email or phone