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Building Competencies Through Experiences

Settle into classes. Focus on your academic success to enhance grades, gain new skills, knowledge, and competencies. Click here for more information on Study Skills.

Experiences

Show adaptation, resilience, and self-care by continually balancing/rebalancing your out of classroom experiences as you pursue your busy pre-health journey. Explore possibilities with the following links.

Service & Volunteering

Service and volunteering can include clinical experience and non-clinical experience-including volunteering opportunities on and off of campus.

Shadowing & Mentoring

Shadowing health professionals helps understand their roles and professional responsibilities throughout their work day.

Research

Research opportunities can be a great way to explore an issue further and contribute to the discovery of new knowledge.

Leadership & Extracurriculars

Registered Student Organizations (RSO) are popular ways for students to build community and develop transferable skills.

Paid Employment

Part-time and full-time, temporary or permanent employment opportunities in health/patient care or other professions can be a great way to earn while you are building your skills and experiences.

Gap/Bridge Year (s)

Gap/bridge year(s) planning and resources are available to Northwestern undergraduates and after graduation.

Summer Experiences

Summer opportunities can be researched and available in some cases as early as October of the previous year. So, make time to plan your summers in advance.

HPA Opportunity Database

Use these tools to find the opportunities HPA includes in the Events & Opportunities newsletter and additional opportunities beyond Northwestern.