Pre-PA Gap Year Internship 2025-2026
Pre-PA Gap Year Internship 2025-2026
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APPLICATION WILL CLOSE FRIDAY JANUARY 17th 2025
The PrePA Gap Year 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 PrePA Gap Year Internship Program places exceptional prePhysician Assistant students into clinical environments for 13 months to work and shadow.
This program offers the valuable opportunity to be part of a team of knowledgeable and caring clinicians who are committed to providing worldclass care in a premier academic medical center. Through the program you will also be immersed in a network of other PrePA students. This is a paid benefitseligible role.
Responsibilities:
Gap year interns work for 40 hours a week. Eight hours are spent in a variety of shadowing experiences. For the remaining 32 hours they work in a patient support role such as:
- Clinic assistant
- Technician (motility tech emergency tech rehab therapy tech)
- Immediate care assistants
- Patient liaisons
In addition the gap year intern will participate in mock interviews and various social and community service events. When you apply you can indicate your positionspecific preferences such as location role and specialty. While subject to change we offer preclinical intern roles (including the PrePA program) in a variety of clinical areas across Northwestern Medicine including:
- Orthopedics
- Primary care
- Cardiology
- Hospital medicine
- Dermatology
- Immediate care
- Pediatrics
- Neurosurgery
Program Start Date Wednesday June 25th 2025
Orientaion 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 Assistant
- 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
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.
Additional Information :
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
