1. How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins Step 1: Go to www.hopkinsmed icine.org and click the “Find a Doctor” link www.hopkinsmed icine.org Click here

2. How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins Step 2: Pick a few specialty areas of interest; then perform a search Click here to choose specialty areas of interest

3. 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

4. How to Identify & Contact Physicians to Shadow at Johns Hopkins Step 4: Go to www.jhu.edu www.jhu.edu and then go to the myJohnsHopkins portal Click here

5. 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

6. 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:

7. 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