Building your network and 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. 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.
Volunteering, Shadowing & Working:
- Bloodworks Northwest
- CHI Franciscan (Highline Medical Center)
- COPE Health Scholars
- Evergreen Hospital
- Healthcare Alternative Spring Break
- Health Point Volunteer Program
- Health Point- Pre-Intern & Practicum Student Program
- International Community Health Services
- Kaiser Permanente (Capital Hill)
- MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
- Neighborcare Health Clinics
- Northwest Hospital
- Overlake Hospital
- The Polyclinic
- Providence Hospital
- UW Medical Center
- UW Medicine: Harborview Medical Center
- UW Neighborhood Clinics
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- Sea Mar Community Health Centers
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Swedish Hospital- Volunteering
- Swedish Hospital- Observation Program
- Union Gospel Mission
- Valley Medical Center
- Veterans Administration Hospital
- Virginia Mason
- Washington Academy of Family Physicians- Mentoring program and list of physicians to shadow
- Washington Osteopathic Medical Association
Additional Resources:
- VolunteerMatch: 100s of listings for health-related volunteering in the Seattle area
- UW Medicine – Department of Rehabilitation Medicine: Occupational Therapy Volunteer Site List
- UW Pre-Physical Therapy Club: Volunteer Opportunities & Clinics
- List of hospitals in Washington State
- Seattle Center Foundation– 4 Day Volunteer Seattle/King County Clinic
Pre-Dental Resources: