Pre-Med Undergraduate Intern Program - Summer 2025
Pre-Med Undergraduate Intern Program - Summer 2025
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Job Description
The Northwestern Medicine PreMed Undergraduate Internship offers a valuable opportunity for premed undergraduate students to become immersed in the healthcare environment through project work observation and educational seminars. This paid summer program based throughout Northwestern Medicines five main regional campuses (North Central West Northwest and South regions) matches each student with a department to focus on a clinically oriented project culminating in a poster presentation. Throughout the summer students will rotate through different clinical specialties to gain observation experience and also participate in the educational series led by NM leaders.
Important Location Information: The NM PreMed Internship is offered at five main regional campuses including:
- North Region (can include Lake Forest Hospital Gurnee Grayslake Sherman Plaza Center Evanston IL)
- Central Region (can include Northwestern Memorial Hospital or another clinical site near the Streeterville Campus)
- West Region (can include Central DuPage Hospital Delnor Hospital Valley West Hospital Kishwaukee Hospital Proton Center)
- Northwest Region (can include McHenry Hospital Woodstock Hospital Huntley Hospital and surrounding areas)
- South Region (can include Palos Community Hospital or another clinical site near Palos Heights IL)
Candidates should be sure to list ALL campuses they would like to be considered for in the application. It is important to list the locations in order of preference.
The PreMed Undergraduate Interns responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Uphold the mission vision and values of Northwestern Medicine which include Patients First Excellence Teamwork & Integrity.
- Develop a working knowledge of healthcare operations in a complex academic medical center.
- Develop a professional network with students leadership and physicians.
- Participation in activities designed for development of interns during their assignment at Northwestern Medicine; which include:
- New Employee Orientation
- Project assignment(s)
- Networking opportunities including luncheons with other interns and senior and physician leaders
- Physician lectures and rounds
- Weekly clinical rotation
- Skill development workshops
- Final poster presentation
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Program Dates & Schedule:
Application Due Date: January 17 2025
Start Date: Wednesday June 25 2025
End Date: Tuesday August 19 2025
Note Students must be available for the full 8week internship due to prescheduled intern activities throughout the summer.
Qualifications :
Required:
- Candidates must have a High School Diploma or the General Equivalent.
- Candidates must be currently enrolled in a fouryear undergraduate university with the intent to enroll in a medical school program.
- Preference will be given to students who have not previously completed a paid NM PreMed Internship. Recent graduates with the intent to enroll in medical school will be considered on a casebycase basis.
- Preference will be given to students with a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
- Preference will be given to students entering their junior or senior year with a graduation date in 2026 or Spring 2027.
- We are seeking students with demonstrated interest in this program as well as the in the field of medicine. We also consider evidence of wellroundedness community involvement maturity and ability to collaborate with others. A students ability to add diversity of background or experience to the healthcare workforce is desirable. While academic excellence is a prerequisite it is not emphasized more than the above mentioned qualities in our candidate selection.
Hours:
Interns must be available to work Monday through Thursday during standard business hours. Occasional travel to various NM sites across Chicago/Chicago suburbs may be required. Depending on the clinical rotation schedule or project assignments hours may occasionally vary.
Required Documentation for Application Submission:
- Resume
- 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.
- Describe the lessons youve learned through those experiences and how they will help you be successful in your career as a physician.
- The use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT DALLE etc.) are not permitted the PreMed Selection Committee is looking for responses in your own words.
Please note to be considered for this role you must submit BOTH attachments. When 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 if necessary. Please contact if you have any questions.
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.
If we offer you a job we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a casebycase basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
