Building Clinical Exposure & Volunteer Experience

Building your clinical experience is essential for building a foundation towards health professions.  See below for Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State hospitals, clinics and service providers.  Some of these links below will directly lead you to volunteering or employment pages.  On some pages you’ll need to keyword search or look on their homepage for volunteer, shadow or employment info. Some links are resources that can help you find programs that can train you for jobs in the field of healthcare you are interested in as well provide information on how to get started. The key for all of this (building your experience and network) is about being proactive, patient and following up and following-through with your communication and commitments.

Medical Hospitals & Clinics

 Washington

• List of WA hospitals

 Seattle

• Seattle Children’s Hospital*
• Seattle Children’s Hospital – medical observations
• Swedish Hospital — Volunteering*
• Kaiser Permanente*
• UW Medical Center*
• UW Medical Center – medical observations
• Veterans Administration Hospital*
• Virginia Mason Center*
• Providence Hospital*
• The Polyclinic*
• Columbia City Center for Health
• Downtown Public Health Center
• Neighborcare Clinics*
• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
• International Community Health Services*
• HealthPoint*
• University District Street Medicine
• * indicates that these hospitals and clinics have various locations around Washington

 North Seattle

• Meridian Center for Health
• UW Medicine Neighborhood Northgate Clinic
• Kaiser Permanente Northgate Medical Center
• Community Health Center of Snohomish County Everett – South Clinic
• The Everett Clinic
• Swedish – Edmonds Campus
• Kaiser Permanente Lynnwood Medical Center
• Providence Lynnwood Clinic
• Virginia Mason Lynnwood Medical Center

 East Side

• Overlake Hospital
• Evergreen Hospital
• Evergreen Hospital – Job Shadowing Experience
• Renton Public Health Center
• Eastgate Public Health Center
• Kirkland Northshore Public Health at Totem Lake

West Seattle

• White Center Public Health Center
• Swedish- West Seattle Primary Care
• Franciscan Medical Clinic – West Seattle
• Neighborcare Health at Chief Sealth High School
• CHI Franciscan- Highline Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente Burien Medical Center

South Seattle

• Valley Medical Center Health Coaching
• CHI Franciscan – Locations include: Bremerton, Burien, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Tacoma, and University Place
• HealthPoint Volunteering
• HealthPoint Pre-Health Internship
• Auburn Public Health Center
• Federal Way Public Health Center
• Public Health Primary Care at Navos
• Kent Public Health Center
• Multicare

Healthcare Experience Programs

• Valley Medical Center Health Coach Program
• Health Care Alternative Spring Break – UW RSO / Student-led program
• Swedish Hospital — COPE Scholars
• UW Athletics Sports Medicine Internship
• Healthcare Study Abroad – Atlantis
• Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)
• Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students at UW – UW RSO

Other Health Professions

Dental

• King County Public Health Dental Clinics
• Seattle King County Dental Society
• UW School of Dentistry
• WA Oral Health Foundation
• Lahai Health
• Delta Dental SmileMobile- Arcora Foundation
• Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Program
• Dental Assistant Programs in WA

Physical/Occupational Therapy

• Pre-PT Club Volunteer Opportunities
• PT Aide programs in WA
• Pre-OT Volunteering Opportunities

Pharmacy

Please also look at the list of hospitals and clinics listed above by region as most have pharmacies at their locations

• Seattle Children’s Pharmacy Locations
• UW Medicine Pharmacy Locations
• Pharmacy Technician jobs in Handshake
• Pharmacy Technician programs in WA

Physician Assistant 

• Clinical Experience Prerequisites for UW Medicine MEDEX NW PA Program
• The Physician Assistant Life- Healthcare Experience Required for PA School: The Ultimate Guide

Veterinary

• Seattle Humane Society
• CBS Seattle: Best Volunteer Opportunities for Animal Lovers in Seattle
• Seattle Animal Shelters
• Puget Sound Animal & Wildlife Groups
• WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Experience Categories
• Veterinary Technician Schools in Washington

Optometry

• Optomcas
• Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry
• Optician Certification Training Programs

Audiology

• Student Academy of Audiology
• Student Academy of Audiology (SAA)
• National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Other Areas

Hospice Care 

• Providence Hospice of Seattle
• CHI Franciscan
• Evergreen Health

Senior Living/Assisted Living

• Northaven Senior Living
• Bayview
• Sunrise Senior Living
• Aegis Living

 Non-Profit Organizations

• Virginia Mason- Bailey- Boushay House
• Volunteer Match
• King County Community Health Centers
• Sea Mar
• ROOTS
• Consejo Counseling & Referral Service
• HealthPoint
• International Community Health Services (ICHS)
• Bloodworks Northwest
• Navos
• Planned Parenthood
• Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS)
• Kin On
• Union Gospel Mission
• El Centro de la Raza
• American Cancer Society
• 4 Day Volunteer Seattle/King County Clinic
• Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC)
• Catholic Community Services
• UW Department of Global Health List of internships & volunteer
• Education Transforming Community Health (ETCH)

Internships

• Handshake

UW Research

• Undergraduate Research Program (URP)