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Shadowing

By: Weike Wang
Narrated by: Francesca Ling
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From the award-winning author of Chemistry comes a sharp and poignant short story that follows a young medical student working in clinical research and grappling with the realities of a future in her chosen field. 

To become a doctor someday, every student must complete a certain number of hours in clinical research, volunteering, and shadowing. There are algorithms to this stuff, to building the perfect résumé for admission to the perfect doctoral program. With this goal in mind, a young pre-med student earns a coveted role in a study about diet and its effects on the human heart, replacing another Asian-American woman from the same school and on a similar college track. The doctor in charge - a middle-aged woman who’d built her career at some of the most elite medical institutions in the country - is erratic and overbearing at first, but her quirks and habits become clearer as the time goes on. Faced with the stark realities of the doctor’s life within and outside of the lab, the student must take stock of her ambitions and her own place in the world. 
©2020 Weike Wang (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.
Short Stories Medical Women's Fiction United States Medical Fiction
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Struggled to understand the point of this story apart from how hard it is to be a female premed student.
Nothing really happens, there doesn't seem to be an ending...?
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compelling

Wang's intelligent prose captures the frustrations of being dependent on the system and foibles of others. it felt very real. I listened and the narrator was excellent.

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