Pre-Med Gap Year Internship 2025-2026
Pre-Med Gap Year Internship 2025-2026
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APPLICATION WILL CLOSE FRIDAY JANUARY 17 2025
The PreMed Gap Year Intern reflects the mission vision and values of NMHC adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The PreMed Gap Year Intern offers a valuable oneyear opportunity for PreMed Gap Year students to become immersed in the healthcare environment through clinical support work research and educational seminars. This program pairs participants with a clinical department to support a defined clinic role and focus on a clinically oriented research project while participating in relevant meetings and lectures with the goal of preparation for medical school. This opportunity allows PreMed Gap Year students to develop a working knowledge of operations in a complex academic medical center participate in enrichment activities and create a professional network with students clinical and administrative staff leadership and physicians.
Gap Year internship opportunities extend across the NM system. Once an application has been submitted candidates can expect a follow up request to indicate their positionspecific preferences (location role hours specific job requirements such as travel or attire etc.) by providing a rankordered form. Clinical support roles offered include scribes clinic assistants immediate care assistants patient liaisons and technicians. Research varies by department but some examples include quality improvement initiatives patient enrollment in clinical studies analytics data collection etc. Gap Years provide 32 hours of weekly clinical support and 8 hours of dedicated research time.
Responsibilities:
- Support department by fulfilling an assigned clinical/patient support role (see appendix outlining approved positions)
- Conduct a clinically oriented research project determined by department and overseen by the Program Manager in conjunction with the project sponsor
- Participate in all PreMed Gap Year Intern Program mandatory meetings training and events
- Participate in all clinic orientation activities and meetings to ensure proper training and safe delivery of care. This may include competency testing skills observation and additional training if necessary
- Participate in facultyled lectures
- Support the PreMed Internship Process by participating in the selection committee
- Students must participate for one year in duration (unless specified otherwise due to med school acceptance)
- At the conclusion of the internship the intern will:
- Present on research findings
- Participate in a plan to successfully transition work at the direction of clinic and program leadership
- Refer to appendices for specific duties responsibilities and tasks related to the assigned PreMed Gap Year Intern position
Program Start Date Wednesday June 25 2025
Orientation will take place on June 25th 2025 at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus in downtown Chicago.
Program Time Commitment: 1 year duration
Pay rate: $20/hr.
Required Documentation for Application Submission uploaded as a PDF:
- Resume
- Unofficial transcripts
- You must also attach a onepage statement in a Word Document or PDF format addressing the following:
- Describe why you have an interest in a career as a physician
- Describe an obstacle youve faced when working towards your academic career or personal goals and how youve worked to overcome it (including lessons youve learned through those experiences and how they will help you be successful in your career as a physician)
- Where you currently stand in your gap year (ie studying for the MCAT applying to med schools interviewing for med school etc.)
Please note to be considered for this role you must submit ALL attachments after you apply. After you apply you will receive an automated email to set up an account. Once your account is set up you can log back into your application please navigate to the upload section and press the sign to submit additional attachments. Please contact if you have any questions.
Qualifications :
Required:
- Recent graduate of a Bachelors program.
- Minimum 3.4 GPA (exceptions made on a casebycase basis).
- Completion of relevant coursework (or efforts toward completion underway).
- Demonstrates intent to apply to medical school.
- CPR BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
