Jobs and Internships Opportunities
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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Becoming a CNA is one of the best ways to gain direct patient care in your undergraduate pre-health career. As a CNA, you are responsible for assisting nurses in their daily responsibilities. This includes taking patient charts, administering direct care and treatment, helping patients dress, bath, move, and exercise, and any other clinical responsibility needed by the patient. Becoming a CNA is an extremely respectable position that demonstrates you are willing to put in the work to help those in need. In order to be a CNA, a certification is needed, which can be obtained at most community colleges. Simply search up CNA courses near me, and certainly you should be able to find one.
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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - Becoming an EMT is an excellent way to gain clinical experience and have direct patient care and treatment. As an EMT, you are responsible for answering emergency phone calls and caring for patients who are desperately in need of care. Being an EMT is a respectable and demanding position. In order to become an EMT, an EMT certification must be obtained. Courses that offer the training needed are available at most community colleges, such as Pima Community College, Paradise Valley Community College, and Scottsdale Community College. The U of A also offers an EMT course throughout each semester called EMD 147, where students can obtain their EMT certification by completing the course and national exam.
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Medical Scribe - Medical scribing is one of the best ways to gain clinical experience while learning about the medical field as a whole. As a medical scribe, you are responsible for following physicians around their clinic and entering patients' rooms to take all charts/notes of patient interviews. Through scribing, you will learn lots of new medical vocabulary/jargon and will be able to see what working in the medical field is truly like. Scribing is also a paid job, which is great if you are looking to make some money while gaining clinical experience. If you are interested in becoming a scribe, look online for job postings on websites such as Indeed, Handshake, and ZipRecruiter to find open spots for scribes. Once on these websites, simply search for Medical Scribe jobs in the Tuscon area! ScribeAmerica is also a very commonly known organization that can help assist you on your scribing journey. Scribing is a very demanding responsibility that includes 8-10 hour shifts and usually a commitment of a consecutive 6-month period, with no time off.
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Patient Experience Volunteer Program through Banner - The Patient Experience Volunteer Program through Banner University Medical Center provides students with a unique clinical experience like no other. Through this program, volunteers will round with medical professionals and engage in patient bedside interviews. Through this, volunteers will learn how to work on their bed-side manner and properly talk to patients. This opportunity also entails volunteers provided patients with their basic needs such as relaying information to medical professionals, as well as countless shadowing opportunities. If interested, fill out the application attached to begin the the journey of this amazing experience.