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 the links below will lead you directly to volunteering or employment pages, while others may require you to search their homepages for volunteer, shadow, or employment info. The key to building your experience and network is being proactive and patient, while making sure to follow up with your communication and commitments.
Medical Hospitals & Clinics
- Seattle Children’s Hospital*
- Swedish Hospital*
- Kaiser Permanente*
- UW Medical Center*
- Veterans Administration Hospital*
- Virginia Mason Center*
- Providence Hospital*
- Optum Care WA*
- Downtown Public Health Center
- Neighborcare Health Clinics*
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- International Community Health Services*
- HealthPoint*
*indicates that these hospitals and clinics have various locations around Washington
- 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
Other Health Professions
- Seattle Children’s Pharmacy Locations
- UW Medicine Pharmacy Locations
- Pharmacy Technician jobs in Handshake
- Pharmacy Technician programs in WA
- Please also look at the list of hospitals and clinics listed above by region as most have pharmacies at their locations
Other Areas
- 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)
- University District Street Medicine
Additional Types of Experience
- 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
