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Career 911

This online course, subtitled "Your Future Job in Medicine and Healthcare," offers insight into healthcare career options and strategies for entering the workforce.

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Community Health in Action Mentorship Program (CHAMP)

The focus of this six-week program is on community health and public health through the lens of Lurie Children’s pillars; students will get to work on their own public health projects.

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ChicagoCHEC Research Fellows Program

This comprehensive learning experience is designed Chicago-area undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students who are planning to apply to graduate or medical school. Trainees will learn academic, technical and professional skills in preparation for careers in social, behavioral and biomedical research and healthcare.

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EMPOWER (Encouraging Mentoring & Preparing on Workforce Education Readiness)

This six-week paid internship for young adults with minor or chronic disabilities places students in non-clinical entry-level positions.

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Health Equity Scholar Program

This volunteer opportunity provides individuals with three to six months of substantive experience contributing to academic and professional learning around health inequities in Chicago. Scholars will strengthen skills in research, analysis, collaboration, communication and creative problem-solving to address complex social issues using intersectional approaches.

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HERO (Higher Educational Readiness Opportunities)

College students at Arrupe College of Loyola are offered paid clinical shadowing internships to prepare them to pursue careers in healthcare.

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Inspire 2

Inspire 2 is a mentoring program for underrepresented nursing students interested in pediatric nursing.

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Katz Summer Scholars Program

The Robert Louis Katz and Manne Research Institute Summer Scholars Program engages undergraduates in research pertaining to pediatric health and disease.

Apply to the Katz Program

Kimberly Querrey Summer Research Program

This six-week paid internship is designed for students who plan to pursue degrees in biological science and combines intensive research training with support for their academic and professional development.

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NM Non-Clinical Internships

Northwestern Medicine has a variety of paid summer internships for students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare in a non-clinical capacity. Programs last eight to 12 weeks and give participants opportunities to network with NM leadership.

Explore the Programs

NM Pre-Medicine Internship Program

Pre-med students can join this program for the opportunity to work at a premier academic medical center for the summer.

Visit the Premed Program Site

NMH Student Nursing Internship

This paid, eight-week summer internship targeted for BSN-prepared nursing students.

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NU DOCS

This "alternative spring break" program provides an immersive, weeklong introduction to careers in medicine for Northwestern University undergraduate students from underrepresented groups.

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NU-CURE

NU-CURE, the Northwestern University Cancer-Focused Undergraduate Research Experience, invites underserved undergraduate students interested in biomedical sciences to participate in leading-edge cancer research and career exploration at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

Visit the NU-Cure Site

NU Path

NU Path, through partnership with the Arch Scholars programs at Northwestern University, offers exposure to medicine through mentoring, tutoring and workshops for participating students interested in a pre-health or pre-med track.

Contact

Nicole Fancher

nicole( at )northwestern.edu

Pre-Physician Assistant Internship

This eight-week summer program is designed for promising undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career as a physician assistant. Students will receive experience in both clinical observation and focused project work.

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Radiology Internship Program

During this eight-week program, prospective radiology professionals will be exposed to multiple roles within the field. Successful participants will be offered a role at NM while they pursue their degree.

Contact

careers( at )nm.org

Senior Mentoring Educational Development (M.E.D.) Research Program

This two-week program provides undergraduate students with healthcare career exposure, workforce development and research skills.

Visit the Senior M.E.D. site

STEAMbassadors

This mentorship workforce initiative engages college students in strengthening and sharing their STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics) interests and passions with middle-school aged youth from their communities, with the goal of integrating STEAM into everyday out-of-school time.

Visit the STEAMbassadors Site

Year Up

Year Up is an intensive skills-training program for underserved young adults.The first Year Up Chicago cohort working within Feinberg’s Research Administration recently completed the program.

Visit the Year Up Site