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Over the course of this year, there has been a rise within the variety of digital volunteer opportunities and COVID-approved in-person activities offered to high school students interested in pursuing medicine. Folks at Med N’ Ed have been working to keep track of the trends regarding such extracurriculars. Although there isn’t a guarantee for these offerings to continue into next year, we encourage you to visit their sites in case they end up putting out applications for the fall. For all of our creative leaders, we hope you use this information as a source of inspiration for any events you may be interested in introducing or making yourself in communities of your own, such as the health-care related clubs at your school. Thank you!
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1. Opportunity Type: Blood Drive Volunteer
Organization Name: American Red Cross
Work Description: Provide good customer service to give donors an enhanced experience and engage wth donors. Express gratitude to blood doners for giving.
Eligibility Requirements: You must be over sixteen years of age and you must provide a valid zip code in California during the process of applying.
Virtual / In – Person: In – Person
Phone Number: 1-800-733-2767
Email Address: support@redcrosstraining.org
Location: State-Wide California-based
2. Opportunity Type: Hospice Volunteer
Organization Name: Destiny Hospice
Work Description: Visit Patients in their homes, offering them care while the caregivers get a break for a few hours.
Eligibility Requirements: A driver’s license is a requirement in order to partake within this program. You must be at least eighteen years of age. But, Yucca Valley’s location does have an exception of taking seventeen year olds.
Virtual / In – Person: In – Person
Phone Number: 951-243-8871
Email Address: destinyhospicecare@yahoo.com
Location: Yucca Valley, CA; Temecula, CA; Rancho Mirage, CA; Moreno Valley, CA (these are all California-based territories).
3. Opportunity Type: Hospice Volunteer
Organization Name: Bridge Hospice Central Coast
Work Description: Bring Happiness to Hospice patients by reading books, playing music/ games, going for a stroll in the garden
Eligibility Requirements: Must be at least eighteen years of age.
Virtual / In – Person: In – Person
Phone Number: 800-476-0043
Email Address: Volunteer@bridgehc.com
Location: Hollister, CA; Soledad, CA (California-based regions).
4. Opportunity Type: Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
Organization Name: Stanford
Work Description: 5-week online enrichment program focused on science and medicine that is open to low-income, underrepresented high school juniors in Northern California.
Eligibility Requirements: High school juniors who are qualified as low-income and derive form the Northern and Central California regions. There is an application which needs to be completed and one of its requirements is for applicants to submit a teacher recommendation.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 650-721-9325
Email Address: precollegiate@stanford.edu
Location: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Madera, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Yolo (these are all California-based territories).
5. Opportunity Type: Rady Childrens Hospital Summer Medical Academy
Organization Name: Rady Children’s Hospital
Work Description: A volunteering experience for those interested in pursing a healthcare career for the summer season.
Eligibility Requirements: Students must be from 15-19 years of age. Students are accepted with the following key application criteria in mind: unique short answer & essay responses; enthusiasm for healthcare; academic success; extracurricular involvement and service; teacher recommendation; geographic proximity to San Diego; last grade completed in school; and affiliation with Randy Children’s Hospital are also considered.
Virtual / In – Person: In – Person
Phone Number: 858-576-1700
Email Address: refsvc@rchsd.org (Customer Service and Referral Center) or cdelgado@rchsd.org (Media Inquiries)
Location: 3020 Children’s Way, San Diego, CA 92123
6. Opportunity Type: Hospice Volunteer
Organization Name: Beaumont Hospital
Work Description: Provide emotional support/companionship, record life stories of patients, phone calls to those who have lost their loved ones.
Eligibility Requirements: You must be at least eighteen years old and you must not have had a death in the immediate family in the last 12 months. There is an application form that’d need to be filled out to gain acceptance.
Virtual / In – Person: In – Person
Phone Number: 248-208-5186
Email Address: Christal.Krause@beaumonthomehealthandhospice.com
Location: Troy, Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Grosse Point, Royal Oak, Taylor, Trenton, and Wayne hospitals (which are all located within Michigan).
7. Opportunity Type: General Step Challenge
Organization Name: GO2 Foundation For Lung Cancer
Work Description: Walk steps to raise money and awareness for lung cancer. The event is virtual and anyone can participate.
Eligibility Requirements: Any age group is welcome to take part in this.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 650.598.2857 or 202.463.2080
Email Address: events@go2foundation.org
Location: Digital-Based
8. Opportunity Type: Dental Shadowing Externship Fundraiser
Organization Name: FutureDMD
Work Description: Learn about Dental School and get a real Dental-like interaction over Zoom, to get a feel of being a dentist.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to access the following link stated.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: Use EventBrite to contact event organizer.
Location: Digital-Based
Website / Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interactive-dental-shadowing-externship-fundraiser-18-repeat-tickets-141519722299?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1
9. Opportunity Type: Career In Nursing
Organization Name: University of South Carolina Alumni Association
Work Description: Learn about nursing from attending a webinar with Pattie Heady RN Prisma Health Nurse who will be talking about her career.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to access the following link to join.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 803-777-7412 (Office of Academic Affairs) or 803-777-3861 (Office of the Dean) or 803-777-1213 (Information Resource Center) or 803-777-7413 (Office of Research).
Email Address: jmccorm@email.sc.edu or nursinq@mailbox.sc.edu
Location: University of South Carolina College of Nursing 1601 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29208
Website / Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-into-health-career-in-nursing-tickets-137957098395?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
10. Opportunity Type: MED 101
Organization Name: Teen Health 101
Work Description: Two medical students from US/Canadaa will be discussing their medical school expereinces and advice! Feel free to come and ask questions.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to access the following link.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: teenhealth101org@gmail.com
Location: Digital-based (California)
Website / Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/med-101-tickets-139921840993?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
11. Opportunity Type: Virtual Webinar Meet The Doctor
Organization Name: Center for Vein Restoration
Work Description: Come listen to Dr. Ford DO who will be talking about varicose veins and proper vein health.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to access the following link.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: (855) 862-8346
Email Address: Visit website.
Location: 7474 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 1000, Greenbelt, MD 20770 is the address for the support center only.
Website / Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-webinar-meet-the-doctor-adria-ford-tickets-129763531215?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
12. Opportunity Type: ARSHEP Presentations and Case videos
Organization Name: Act for Youth
Work Description: Learn about Reproductive health by clicking through slide presentations and patient standardized case videos.
Eligibility Requirements: Be apart of the collective youth to access the following link.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: (607) 255-7736
Email Address: act4youth@cornell.edu
Location: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University 35 Thornwood Drive Suite 200 Ithaca, NY 14850
Website / Registration: http://actforyouth.net/adolescence/healthcare/training.cfm
13. Opportunity Type: E-Learning Courses and Training Events
Organization Name: Cardea
Work Description: Be provided with digital training in the area of adolescent sexual health, family planning, and/or cultural proficiency.
Eligibility Requirements: For those pursuing medicine (such as health care professionals in particular). You must be a graduate or undergraduate. Payment may vary depending upon the training course but in order to sign up for a course, you need to be able to access the following link that is stated.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 5108353700 (California) or 2064479538 (Seattle) or 5124742166 (Austin)
Email Address: oakland@cardeaservices.org or seattle@cardeaservices.org or austin@cardeaservices.org
Location: 401 Grand Avenue, Suite 450 Oakland, CA 94610-5004 (California Office) or 1809 Seventh Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98101-1341 (Seattle Office) or 8800 Business Park Drive, Bldg C-6, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78759-7403 (Austin Office)
Website / Registration: http://www.cardeaservices.org/resourcecenter/elearning.html
14. Opportunity Type: Meet & Greet Dr.Marie Claire Ziesat
Organization Name: Shellcast med
Work Description: Learn more about Dr. Marie Claire Ziesat – she is a fellowship who is a trained minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgeon and will be providing insight on her profession.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to attend the webinar which would be presented on the Shellcast Med youtube channel through the following link.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: Visit website
Email Address: Visit website
Location: Digital-based (California)
Website / Registration: https://shellcastmed.weebly.com/upcoming-presentations.html
15. Opportunity Type: Tele-Shadowing
Organization Name: Smile Shadowers
Work Description: Shadowing opportunity with Dr.Albahri who is a prosthodontist who practices in Dubai. Use the Smile Shadowing Youtube Channel and fill out the post-session quiz found in the instaram bio at @smileshadowers so you can get hours.
Eligibility Requirements: Be able to access the following YouTube link.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: None
Location: Digital-based (California)
Website / Registration: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQp1Nwdi09r5O0FZosxJejw
16. Opportunity Type: Tele-Shadowing
Organization Name: Pre Health shadowing
Work Description: Hear from Dr.Theresa Scott through Zoom – a pediatric hospital medicine fellow in New York. She will talk about how to get the most out of training in medical school and residency and how to show your best self on applications and interviews.
Eligibility Requirements: Use the link to sign up and get the Zoom link. Class will be available about 30 min before the start of the presentation. After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: info@prehealthshadowing.com
Location: Use the following digital link on their website for more info.
Website / Registration: https://www.prehealthshadowing.com/courses/2021-03-03-scott/
17. Opportunity Type: Tele-Shadowing
Organization Name: Pre Health Shadowing
Work Description: Hear from Janette Villalon through Zoom – she has an undergraduate from UCI in Biological Sciences and graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College Physician Assistant Program. She now works in the Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center at UCI where she specializes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Eligibility Requirements: Use the link to sign up and get the Zoom link. Class will be available about 30 min before the start of the presentation. After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: info@prehealthshadowing.com
Location: Use the following digital link on their website for more info.
Website / Registration: https://www.prehealthshadowing.com/courses/2021-03-04-villalon/
18. Opportunity Type: Tele-Shadowing
Organization Name: Pre Health Shadowing
Work Description: Hear from Dr.Pierre through Zoom – an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in the central/ north Florida area. He received his doctor of dental medicine from The University of Florida and now specializes in oral surgery at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York.
Eligibility Requirements: Use the link to sign up and get the Zoom link. Class will be available about 30 min before the start of the presentation. After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: info@prehealthshadowing.com
Location: Use the following digital link on their website for more info.
Website / Registration: https://www.prehealthshadowing.com/courses/2021-03-05-pierre/
19. Opportunity Type: Tele-Shadowing
Organization Name: Pre Health Shadowing
Work Description: Hear from Dr.Nicholas Gidosh through Zoom – the Chief of the Cornea and Contact Lens Clinic at The Eye Institute in Philadelphia. He is an assistant professor teaching students and residents in the contact lense service.
Eligibility Requirements: Use the link to sign up and get the Zoom link. Class will be available about 30 min before the start of the presentation. After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: None
Email Address: info@prehealthshadowing.com
Location: Use the following digital link on their website for more info.
Website / Registration: https://www.prehealthshadowing.com/courses/2021-03-09-gidosh/
20. Opportunity Type: Story-telling
Organization Name: Leadership Global Nomads Group
Work Description: Youth share stories, ideas, and information with global peers online. Youth learn about themselves and our world in new, meaningful ways. Youth become Global Nomads, curious about our world.
Eligibility Requirements: Grades 6-8
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: +1 212.529.0377
Email Address: internships@gng.org or jobs@gng.org
Location: One Penn Plaza, Suite 6224, New York, NY 10119 USA
21. Opportunity Type: Civic Engagement
Organization Name: iCivics
Work Description: This is a platform to use to engage students in meaningful civic learning. It provides teachers with well written, inventive, and free resources that enhance their practice and inspire classrooms.
Eligibility Requirements: For instructors
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 617-356-8311
Email Address: support@icivics.org or icivicspress@icivics.org
Location: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 21B Cambridge, MA 02141
22. Opportunity Type: Online Educational Projects
Organization Name: iEARN USA
Work Description: Be a member of iEARN (International Education and Resource Network), the world’s largest, most experienced online K-12 non-profit network that enables young people worldwide to use the internet and digital media constructively to collaborate on educational projects.
Eligibility Requirements: Grades K-12
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: (212) 870-2693
Email Address: View Website
Location: 475 Riverside Dr Suite 450, New York, NY 10115 (This address can also be tied to Columbia University).
23. Opportunity Type: Nature-related Interactives
Organization Name: National Geographic Kids
Work Description: Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more.
Eligibility Requirements: Grades 6-12
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: Visit website.
Email Address: Visit website.
Location: California-based
24. Opportunity Type: Digital Content-Production
Organization Name: MY HERO
Work Description: Discover & share inspiring stories, art, & films. Join millions of teachers, students & media producers taking part in MY HERO.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to both students and educators.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: (949) 376-5964
Email Address: myhero@myheroproject.org
Location: 1278 Glenneyre St. #286 Laguna Beach, CA 92651-3103
25. Opportunity Type: International Collaborations
Organization Name: PenPal Schools
Work Description: Be connected with students from 150 countries through project based learning.
Eligibility Requirements: Grades 6-12
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: Visit website
Email Address: Visit website
Location: Digital-based
26. Opportunity Type: Instructional Resource Distribution
Organization Name: Sutori
Work Description: A platform that allows the educator to bring a variety of works online to the youth live and direct.
Eligibility Requirements: All age groups.
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: +18572390855
Email Address: info@sutori.com
Location: Centre Dansaert Rue d’Alost 7-11 1000 Bruxelles Belgium (European Office) & 2093 Philadelphia Pike #5297 Claymont, DE 19703 United States (U.S. Office)
27. Opportunity Type: Leadership & Networking Training
Organization Name: Leadership Soliya
Work Description: Soliya is an international nonprofit organization preparing the next generation with the skills, attitudes, and commitment to engage with difference.
Eligibility Requirements: High School Students & Above
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: +1 (718) 701-5855
Email Address: info@soliya.net
Location: 54 West 40th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10018, U.S.
28. Opportunity Type: Speaking Project
Organization Name: TED Student Talks Program
Work Description: The TED Student Talks Program supports students as they discover, explore and present their big ideas in the form of short, TED-style talks.
Eligibility Requirements: Educators and adults working within youth programs with students who fall between the ages of 5-18 should run this. Leaders can be from a primary or secondary-level school (public, private, virtual or home school), a non-profit community or educational organization. Visit the website for more information and to gather the registration form.
Virtual / In – Person: Both
Phone Number: N/A
Email Address: tededstudents@ted.com.
Location: There are three places where this program can be engaged within – in an extracurricular club, in a classroom, or as part of another youth/educational organization. Home or school.
29. Opportunity Type: Scientific Foreign Policy Program
Organization Name: The GLOBE Program GLOBE, or the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program
Work Description: Expand the idea of science and diplomacy through scientific data collection regarding the physicalities of planet Earth.
Eligibility Requirements: Grades 3-12
Virtual / In – Person: Virtual
Phone Number: 1-800-858-9947
Email Address: Visit Website
Location: Digital-based