Clinical & Internship Opportunities
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Health Science students are encouraged to volunteer, shadow, and/or get paid experience in their areas of interest.
Clinical work is often an application requirement and it also allows students to be immersed in their future work environment to make a fully informed decision about their path, gain valuable exposure to the realities of medicine, and connect with career professionals.
Clinical & Internship Opportunties
Compare prereqs by the school including the number of observation hours required.
Outpatient Internships
- Tice Valley PT (Walnut Creek)
- Lamorinda Orthopaedic & Sports PT (Lafayette)
- Rise PT & Pilates (Walnut Creek)
- Spine and Sports PT (Concord)
- Alhambra Valley PT (Pleasant Hill)
- UCSF Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes (Oakland & Walnut Creek)
Inpatient Internships
- John Muir Inpatient Rehabilitation (Walnut Creek)
- Sutter Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation (Berkeley)
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (Martinez)
Online Observation Hours
- Approved patient care experiences for PA
- Scribe at Scribe America
- Scribe at Vituity
- Bay Area Training Academy EMT Program (San Leandro & Alameda)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program at USF - University of San Francisco offers a university-based EMT training program in the Bay Area, which focuses on professional skills and cultivates the cognitive and emotional development needed to be a safe and effective emergency medical technician. Their education is based on a Jesuit tradition of cura personalis (care for the whole person) and offers a deep and rich student experience in medical care.
- American Health Education EMT Program
- Bear EMT (Berkeley)
- Quest Nursing (CNA & EMT Training)
- Anesthesia Technician
- Licensed phlebotomist
- Pharmacy Technician
- Medical Interpreter
- Medical Assistant
- Peace Corps volunteer
- Emergency room technician
- Surgical tech
- Lab Assistant
- Lifelong Americorps is a paid post-bach position with a commitment of 1 year consisting of improving access to care and services.
- Home Health Aide Training
- CNA at Hillendale (summer classes fill up by Jan)
- CNA at Aegis Living (CNA)
- CNA at Quest Nursing
- Daivs St Clinic
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- Marin Health Medical Center
- Oakland Children's & UCSF Benioff Hospital
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
- Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
- Volunteer Services Alameda Health System (Health Advocates at Highland in Oakland)
- Berkeley Free Clinic
- Asian Health Services
- San Francisco Community Clinic
- Suitcase Clinic
- La Clinica
- Casa del Sol
- Rotacare
- CNA Training (summer classes fill up by Jan)
- Home Health Aide Training
- Hospice Volunteer: Vistas or Hospice East Bay
- Volunteer Match- to find local volunteer opportunities at hospitals, clinics, and hospice
- Peer Advocacy for Wellness - Proactive health prevention and promotion at the Wellness Center.
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Peer Health Exchange- This is an opportunity to teach health education in local public schools. To speak to someone about getting involved on campus, please contact sasherschapiro@peerhealthexchange.org
- Handshake provides job listings to SMC students and alum.
- Health Career Connection- to find resources on health careers and apply for a summer internship in the Bay Area; Apply in November
- Explore Health Careers is a comprehensive website that includes news, career information, paid internship opportunities, profiles of various professionals and more.
- Pathways to Science is a clearing house of summer programs, internships, graduate programs and tips for making the best out of your STEM experience.
- Summer Health Professions Education Programs is a free summer enrichment program focused on improving access to information and resources for college students interested in the health professions. SHPEP’s goal is to strengthen the academic proficiency and career development of students underrepresented in the health professions and prepare them for a successful application and matriculation to health professions schools. These students include, but are not limited to, individuals who identify as African American/Black, American Indian and Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino, and who are from communities of socioeconomic and educational disadvantage. The deadline to apply is Feb 5th.
- The Mentoring in Science and Medicine Internship (Oakland, apply in Fall)
- The Summer Health Professions Education Program (for 1st and 2nd year students)
- The Future Public Health Leaders Program at University of Michigan (apply in fall)
- The Marquette University Health Careers Opportunity Program (Feb 1st deadline)
- The Minority and Global Health Research Fellowship at UC Berkeley (apply by Oct 31st)
- The Minority Pre-health Conference at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Stanford (register in fall)
- The Northwestern University Health Discovery Program (Chicago, apply Dec)
- The Western University Summer Health Professions Education Program (Lebanon OR, apply Jan)
- Summer Health Professions Education Program (various sites, apply by Feb)
- Health Career Connection
- InternshipPrograms.com - Large internship database featuring opportunities in a wide variety of sectors across the US and other large cities across the Globe.
- Internships.com - Extensive listings of internships from 7,000 companies, with additional tools to help you clarify your internship goals and fine-tune your internship search.
- Vault Online Internship Database - Sign-in via Handshake
- Bay Area Volunteer Information Center - Lists Bay Area nonprofit organizations that need volunteers to support their services. Sometimes the best way to get experience and learn new skills is to volunteer.