Healthcare Internship
"This opportunity provided me with invaluable job experience prior to entering medical school. It was especially beneficial in my Essentials to Patient Care course, where we learn foundational clinical skills such as obtaining medical histories, taking vital signs, and developing patient interaction skills. Because of my experience as a medical assistant, I have already developed many of these skills and was able to further refine them over the past year. This experience also helped me build the confidence needed to communicate effectively with patients."
-Kennedie A. M. Marks, OMS-I Class of 2029.
Program Overview
Healthcare Interns work 12-40 hours per week in our SIH primary care, medical specialties and surgical clinics. Potential duties include:
- Room patients, obtain vital signs and document in patient's chart
- Schedule appointments and check patients in and out of clinic
- Answer and document patient phone calls and route to appropriate staff
- Sterilize instruments & use autoclave
- Call patients and document in their chart normal lab and imaging results
- Point of care testing and transporting specimens to lab
This is not a job shadow opportunity. This is a real job and involves responsibilities and commitment that affect real patients and professionals. For information about job-shadow opportunities which are observation-only, click here.
Applicant Requirements
- Enrolled in an undergraduate or master's degree program in health science
- Must commit to work a minimum of 12 hours per week in the form of 3 shifts which are 4 hours each. Shifts are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Some weeknight and weekend options are available in our Walk-in and Urgent Care clinics, but the large majority of hours are when clinics are open throughout the week
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, as your performance directly affects patient care
- Exceptional grade point average
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as your will be expected to interact with patients, family and staff
- Attention to detail and accuracy, as you will be documenting in real patient charts
- Respect for patient confidentiality and adherence to ethical standards
2026-2027 Important Dates
Fall 2026
Application opens: April 1, 2026
Interviews: May 1, 2026
Employment and mandatory training start date: August 3, 2026 for all students except JALC, which will start July 27th
Spring 2027
Application Opens: October 1, 2026
Interviews: November 13, 2026
Employment and mandatory training start date: January 4, 2027 for all students