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Senior project requests need to be submitted to CYCE by the caregiver hosting the student no later than 45 days prior the project start date to accommodate processing time and onboarding. The student will not be able to begin their project until the process is completed in its entirety.

Career Exploration Programs and Shadowing Experiences

Cleveland Clinic Exploration Programs and Experiences are organized around providing students with professional skills and offering onsite experiences within various healthcare fields.

Student Pathways Program

Learn more about the Cleveland Clinic Student Pathways program.

About the program

The Student Pathways Program offers a unique career exploration opportunity to 11th and 12th grade students who have an interest in healthcare.

Participants in the program gain exposure to a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical healthcare careers. Through direct interaction with current Cleveland Clinic caregivers, students explore the world of opportunity available to them in healthcare including direct-to-employment positions, which can be available immediately after they graduate from high school.

Not only will participants learn about careers through virtual workshops and onsite observations, but they also will receive skills training directly from our Talent Acquisition Team. Topics include:

• Resume writing.
• Interviewing skills.
• Personal branding.

Students who participate in this six-week education experience will explore career possibilities while successfully preparing for their post-graduation journey.

Financial incentives are available for participants who successfully complete all Student Pathways Program requirements.

Requirements

To participate in the Student Pathways Program, students must:

• Be an 11th or 12th grade student at the time of application.
• Be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or legal permanent resident.
• Be interested in a healthcare career with a clinical, non-clinical or business focus.
• Obtain the agreement of parents, guardians or caregivers to participate in assessments and educational forums.
• Have Wi-Fi, internet, or hotspot capabilities; access to a desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet/iPad or cell phone; and have the Zoom and Microsoft Teams apps downloaded.
• Attest to or provide proof of having received the following health immunizations during the onboarding process:
  • Tdap booster within the past 10 years (proof of vaccination required).
  • Measles (rubeola) immunization.
  • Mumps immunization.
  • German measles (rubella) immunization.
  • Chickenpox (varicella) immunization.
  • Hepatitis B immunization or signed waiver.
  • Influenza immunization.

  The 2023-24 Student Pathways Program application is now OPEN. Please review and follow these instructions to apply. The application will close Sept. 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST

  Student Pathways Program Dates 2023 – 2024

  The 2023–24 Student Pathways Program application is now CLOSED. To be notified when the 2024-2025 application season opens, please complete an interest form.

  Student Shadowing Experiences

  About the program

  The Center for Youth and College Education’s Shadowing Program is designed for high school students, college students and adult learners who are interested in shadowing a healthcare professional for a defined time. Our Shadowing Program allows learners to gain visual and verbal experiences to make an informed decision and gain an understanding about their career of interest. Please know that shadowing experiences are observational and do not include hands-on work with Cleveland Clinic patients or data and that students are not conducting any type of research for class.

  College students and adult learners can engage in up to one week, or 40 hours, of shadowing per calendar year, and high school students (age 16 and over) can engage in up to 20 hours of shadowing per calendar year. Students are able to shadow three areas within that time.

  We offer experiences across our Northeast Ohio facilities.

  The Center for Youth and College Education uses Clinician Nexus to display all shadowing experiences.

  Students who wish to apply need to download the appropriate login instructions.

  Requirements

  To participate in a shadowing experience, students must have:

  • Tdap booster within the past 10 years, proof of documentation required.
  • Negative tuberculosis screening: two-step Mantoux test (TB test), QuantiFERON ® -TB Gold test, or T-Spot test within 6 months before the student experience.
  • Measles (Rubeola) immunization.
  • Mumps immunization.
  • German measles (Rubella) immunization.
  • Chickenpox (Varicella) immunization.
  • Hepatitis B immunization or signed waiver.
  • A COVID-19 vaccine may be required of students working in high risk areas such as the pediatric ICU, critical care unit and other areas with immunocompromised patients.

  High School Senior Project

  The Center for Youth and College Education welcomes high school students to perform their for-credit senior projects in all fields, with the exception of nursing, pharmacy and pediatrics.

  The student must provide the following documentation so they can be considered for the program:

  • Documentation from the school detailing the project.
  • Contact information for the school’s academic program director.
    • All documentation is subject to review by the Cleveland Clinic Law Department for final acceptance.

    Senior project requests need to be submitted to CYCE by the caregiver hosting the student no later than 45 days prior the project start date to accommodate processing time and onboarding. The student will not be able to begin their project until the process is completed in its entirety.

    Student Requirements

    • 17 years of age or older.
    • Completion of SilkRoad onboarding process prior to the start date of your senior project, some attestations from academic program director required.
    • Onboarding overview
      • Update and verify personal information.
      • Review and acknowledge Cleveland Clinic enterprisewide policies.
      • Review Cleveland Clinic mission, vision and values.
      • Complete Conditions of Use form.
      • Complete background release form (ages 18+).
      • Complete Health Requirement Attestation.
      • Submit proof of negative tuberculosis test (two-step mantoux or Quantiferon blood test) from the last 12 months.
      • Submit proof of MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella).
      • Submit proof of TDaP vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis).
      • Submit proof of Hepatitis B vaccine series or signed waiver.
      • Submit proof of Varicella/Chickenpox vaccine.
      • Submit proof of Flu vaccine if attending between November 1 through March 31.
      • Complete confidentiality agreement.
      • Complete MyLearning coursework.
      • Obtain ID badge.
      • A COVID-19 vaccine may be required of students working in high risk areas such as the pediatric ICU, critical care unit and other areas with immunocompromised patients.

      Contact Us

      For questions about this process, please contact the Center for Youth and College Education at [email protected].

      The Center for Youth and College Education encourages academic institutions to provide their students with a curriculum-related project at Cleveland Clinic.

      Academic Institution Requirements

      • Signed affiliation agreement with Cleveland Clinic.
      • Documentation from the school detailing the project.
      • Contact information for the school’s academic program director.

      Student Requirements

      • 15 years of age or older
      • Completion of SilkRoad onboarding process prior to the start date of project, some attestations from academic program director required.
      • Onboarding overview
        • Update and verify personal information.
        • Review and acknowledge Cleveland Clinic enterprisewide policies
        • Review Cleveland Clinic mission, vision and values.
        • Complete Conditions of Use form.
        • Complete background release form (ages 18+).
        • Complete Health Requirement Attestation.
        • Submit proof of negative tuberculosis test (two-step mantoux or Quantiferon blood test) from the last 12 months.
        • Submit proof of MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella).
        • Submit proof of TDaP vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis).
        • Submit proof of Hepatitis B vaccine series or signed waiver.
        • Submit proof of Varicella/Chickenpox vaccine.
        • Submit proof of Flu vaccine if attending between November 1 through March 31.
        • Complete confidentiality agreement.
        • Complete MyLearning coursework.
        • Obtain ID badge.
        • A COVID-19 vaccine may be required of students working in high risk areas such as the pediatric ICU, critical care unit and other areas with immunocompromised patients.

        Contact Us

        For questions about this process, please contact the Center for Youth and College Education at [email protected].

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        Shadowing

        

        Shadowing (i.e., observing/following a practitioner) can help you understand what health professionals really do, where they do it, what challenges they face, etc. Through multiple shadowing experiences your goal is to become familiar with:

        • the nature and rhythms of health professionals’ practices
        • the types of patients and issues they see
        • the internal and external factors impacting their day
        • their interaction with other health care practitioners
        • their quest to stay current in their field
        • their ability to integrate their professional roles as researchers, clinicians, and/or academicians as applicable
        • their ability (and struggle!) to reconcile their professional roles with the demands of their personal life.

        However, shadowing opportunities may not always be readily available. In a survey of medical school admissions officers conducted by the AAMC, 87% of survey respondents indicated that they accept an alternate activity instead of clinical shadowing. Here are five alternatives cited by admissions officers as other ways medical school applicants have gained clinical exposure and demonstrated the necessary skills sought in future doctors.

        If you are a member of a UM pre-health student organization, you might be able to tap into the networks of those particular groups to find practitioners willing to let you shadow them.

        The UM Health System website lists all physicians who practice at UM, their clinical and research interests, and their backgrounds. Just go to https://www.uofmhealth.org/find-doctors-physicians, find a specialty in which you are interested, and send physicians a brief but professional email. In this communication, introduce yourself and your professional goals, and express your desire to learn more about them and their specialty through informational interviewing and, possibly, shadowing.

        To connect with osteopathic (DO) physicians, go to http://cranialacademy.org/find-a-physician/; reach out to osteopathic schools for referrals to alumni in your targeted area; and connect with the closest SOMA chapter. Also, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) membership office maintains an online national directory of practicing DOs, some of whom may have indicated an interest in having prospective osteopathic medical students shadow them. See more tips for shadowing a DO and learning about Osteopathic Medicine.

        For more contacts across all the health professions, you can also reach out to the UM Alumni, your primary care physician, your dentist, other health professionals you may know, friends and family. Occasionally–but not necessarily–shadowing opportunities may materialize as a result of connections made via UCAN, UM University Career Alumni Network. Note, however, that the main goal of UCAN is to provide alumni connections for informational interviewing.

        If you wish to observe patient care and shadow a practitioner, you will likely be required to complete some training and sign a statement to signify your commitment to respecting patients’ privacy, not to get directly involved with their care, etc. These set of rules are referred as HIPAA laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

        While hospitals are usually set up to accommodate shadowing and offer in-house HIPAA training, many health professionals in solo or small practices are not. So, if you have reached out to physicians/practitioners who have not been involved in shadowing before but are willing to accommodate you, you may wish to refer them to the resources made available by the American Academy of Family Physicians, which include HIPAA training materials and forms that they can use for shadowing in their office. Regardless of the type of practice, these materials can be easily modified. See also AAMC Guidelines for Clinical Shadowing Experiences for Students.

        Finally, during the pandemic, some new opportunities for virtual shadowing became available. See these blog entries for information on some of the better virtual shadowing programs and tips on blending in-person with virtual shadowing experiences. Understand that even if virtual shadowing continues to remain an option post-pandemic, it cannot be relied on as the sole means of gaining the necessary exposure and experience for medical school admission.