Externships & Shadowing

Here you’ll find guidelines for job shadowing to learn about careers. For industry-specific advice, be sure to check out the Career Communities.

Report: The Multiple Perspectives of a Cohort Externship

Last March, Grace Gilday ’25, experienced a new model externship in New York City, orchestrated by Sasha Aslanian ’90. In lieu of spending three to five days with one host, Grace visited five different workplaces on five different days. From …

By Robin Bourjaily
Robin Bourjaily Assistant Director, Exploratory Career Community
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HEAL 101: Virtual Shadowing

The HEAL Clinical Education Network offers virtual shadowing courses showcases real doctors sharing real patient case studies. All courses are asynchronous.

The course for May 2024 features the following cases:

You can also preregister for the June 2024 course now.

By Mary Jane Shroyer
Mary Jane Shroyer Director, Health Professions Career Community
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Tips For A Great Shadowing Experience

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Shadowing is the sneak peak that lets pre-medical students decide whether they want to see the whole film.

A pre-medical student has very few opportunities to see the practice of medicine before applying to medical school. The pre-medical coursework …

By HospitalRecruiting
HospitalRecruiting is an online healthcare job board for physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, and allied health professionals. Visit our site to view current medical practice and employment opportunities or navigate to our Healthcare Career Resources Blog for more great articles like this one!
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Consult the slides from the first orientation for 2025 Externs.

Externship Budget Worksheet

If you’re applying for an externship opportunity, please be certain you understand that funding from the CLS is available and …

On Sunday, November 3, 2024, the CLS shared information about the 2025 Spring Break Externship Program. Review the slides or …

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