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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inova offers internships in summer. I am sure other large hospital systems have similar programs.[/quote]

No, they don't. [/quote]

This is the Inova program: https://www.inova.org/our-services/inova-volunteer-services-system/summer-2025[/quote]

You have to have registered by April 25th. So annoying. My college kid just got home from school and is looking for pre-med volunteering opportunities. I guess you need to look in the winter? Anything available now ?[/quote]

[b]Are you surprised that they expect would-be medical students to plan ahead?[/b][/quote]

It really does come down to this.

The INOVA student volunteer program summer positions are filled by lottery so the "early" registration (it really is not that early given that most college students start looking for summer positions in the fall prior) is to allow adequate time for those selected to be notified AND to have all their paperwork (TB testing is required and takes time).[/quote]

Just curious what the volunteers do, couldn’t see that info anywhere and given HS kids apply. [/quote]

It probably varies greatly but I would not hold out hope that it would involve much direct clinical care, even for the college applicants. That it is listed as a volunteer program and not a shadowing or research program is, to me, a tell.[/quote]

Yes, it’s why I asked. Not sure it would be that great for med school applications based on what I saw. [b]Being more hands-on at a clinic somewhere would be better imo[/b].[/quote] Maybe at a nursing home as a PP said. As a patient, no thank you. I barely tolerated actual med students who weren't sure about their specialty but were giving a go at everything. I sure as hell would decline a student in college or not even in college yet. And I believe in helping to educate future doctors, just not that early. I don't need high schoolers crowding the room during a procedure, thanks. [/quote]

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