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Experiential Learning Opportunities
Macalester students also have the opportunity to complete an internship or experiential learning experience during the summer or academic year. These opportunities provide a context outside of the classroom for the student to gain knowledge about a specific discipline, explore career options, or apply classroom knowledge to real world situations. The internship office at Macalester can provide information and support for students seeking an internship. Information about internships can be found on the biology department website also.
Health and Medicine
Taylor Fellowship
The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Endowment at Macalester College provides a limited number of summer fellowships for students to shadow health care professionals (e.g., physicians, nurses, veterinarians, physical therapists, etc.) More information can be found at www.macalester.edu/hpac.
Taylor Public Health Fellowship
The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Endowment will offer a small number of fellowships to provide stipends for students to work in public health settings, either doing specific research projects or working on community health projects or initiatives during the summer of 2010. More information can be found at www.macalester.edu/hpac.
Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency Room
The Research Associate (RA) Program at Hennepin County Medical Center hosts medical students and undergraduates interested in a career in medicine to participate in data collection for academic research projects. As RAs, students are afforded the opportunity to interact with patients, observe the practice of Emergency Medicine, and learn some of the methodology of clinical research.
The Research Associate Program runs year-round with students generally working 6-8 hours a week during the academic year. The summer program is a highly intensive twelve-week program from June through August during which students are scheduled to cover the ED for 24 hours a week (3 8-hour shifts). In addition to time spent in the ED students attend weekly lectures on selected topics in Emergency Medicine and research methodology. This is an unpaid position.
United Hospital Serve and Observe Program(SOE)
SOE volunteers to gain valuable experience while participating in the rewarding opportunity to job shadow a health care professional. For more information go to www.allina.com/ahs/united.nsf/page/College_SOE
Physician Scribes
Scribes are individuals trained in medical documentation who assist a physician throughout his or her shift. They serve as a personal assistant to the doctor to help make them more efficient and productive. For more information check
http://www.elitemedicalscribes.com and www.eccpa.org/Scribes/Welcome/index.html.
Careers in Health Care
For more information about health care careers, check the following websites
• Health Professions Advising Committee at Macalester
• Student Doctor is a nonprofit organization committed to assisting students interested in attending medical or dental school.
• National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions has a link to websites of many health profession associations, which provide information about the specific health profession, and the education/training needed to enter the profession
Other
Breakthrough St Paul
Breakthrough Collaborative is a national non-profit that increases educational opportunity for high-potential, low-income middle school students and inspires outstanding college and high school students to pursue careers in education. Consistently featured as a Top Ten Internship by the Princeton Review, Breakthrough’s innovative Students Teaching Students model partners middle-school students with college and high school students who serve as teachers, role models and mentors, providing real-life examples that it’s ‘cool to be smart’. There are two Breakthrough sites in the Twin Cities. One is located at the Blake school in Minneapolis. For more information go to www.blakeschool.org/learningworks. The other site is at Mounds Park Academy in Maplewood. For more information go to www.breakthroughsaintpaul.org or contact Jennifer Otremba at jotremba@moundsparkacademy.org. The application deadline is March 1, 2010.
HECUA
The Partners in Internship Program (PIP) sponsored by HECUA provides internship grants to nonprofit organizations in MN, ND and WI. Each recipient organization hires an undergraduate student who manages a project designed by the agency. There are several opportunities related to community health. For more information go to www.hecua.org/pip.php |
