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Northwestern Medicine · 16 hours ago

Pre-PA Gap Year Internship 2026-2027

Various Locations, Chicago, ILLINOIS

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$20/hr - $20/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Northwestern Medicine is a leader in the healthcare industry, committed to providing world-class care. They are seeking a Pre-PA Gap Year Intern to work and shadow in clinical environments for 13 months, gaining valuable experience in patient support roles and participating in various community service events.

Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNutritionRehabilitation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Gap year interns work for 40 hours a week. Eight hours are spent in a variety of shadowing experiences. For the remaining 32 hours, they work in a patient support role, such as:

Clinic assistant

Technician (motility tech, emergency tech, rehab therapy tech)

Immediate care assistants

Patient liaisons

In addition, the gap year intern will participate in mock interviews and various social and community service events. When you apply, you can indicate your position-specific preferences, such as location, role and specialty. While subject to change, we offer pre-clinical intern roles (including the Pre-PA program) in a variety of clinical areas across Northwestern Medicine, including:

Orthopedics

Primary care

Cardiology

Hospital medicine

Dermatology

Immediate care

Pediatrics

Neurosurgery

Qualification

CPR BLS certificationBachelor's degreeRelevant courseworkIntent to apply to PA

Required

Recent graduate of a Bachelor's program

Minimum 3.4 GPA (exceptions made on a case-by-case basis)

Completion of relevant coursework (or efforts toward completion underway)

Demonstrates intent to apply to a PA program

CPR BLS certification through the American Heart Association

Benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Loan forgiveness

401(k) matching

Lifecycle benefits

Company

Northwestern Medicine

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Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care.

Founded in 1972

Chicago, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

http://nm.org

H1B Sponsorship

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