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Clinical/Non-Clinical Placements, Internships, and Externships
Valley Medical Center’s student program partners with technical schools, 2-year colleges, and universities to provide a meaningful education experience and establish a recruiting network for the organization. The program also strives to support departments throughout the VMC network in order to place students in coordinated standardized fashion that meets the needs of the student, the department, and the organization.
Valley Medical Center offers a variety of student educational experiences with schools that have entered into education affiliation agreements with the organization. We will work with schools to assist the student in gaining the hands-on experience needed to complete the education curriculum, while offering an enjoyable environment in which to learn.
If you are not with a school, but are interested in observing, please reach out to Human Resources.
If you are a student, you must contact your school, college, or university’s placement coordinator if you are interested in completing an externship/internship with Valley Medical Center. If a student contacts us directly, they will be asked to contact their school’s placement coordinator.
If you are the placement coordinator for an academic institution, you must submit a Student Placement Request to the appropriate individual. Please note: we will not continue with the onboarding process until the student placement request has been submitted and approved by our team.
Verify with your contact if you have an established, updated Education Affiliation Agreement with Valley Medical Center. If you do not have an Educational Affiliation Agreement with Valley Medical Center, please complete the appropriate form (without signatures) for preliminary review by your contact. If you would like to make red-line edits for consideration, please save the attached PDFs as Word documents and create “track changes” to submit for review by your contact.
Educational Affiliation Agreement Template (clinical)
Non-GME Observation Experience: to qualify, you must be a high school senior or first/second year college student who has already established a connection with a VMC provider and obtained approval from them for strictly observation (no hands-on patient care). Please contact mso@valleymed.org for more information.
ARNP and PA-C Preceptorships Student Placement Request: It is the student’s responsibility to secure a preceptor through our organization. The student may visit www.valleymed.org and search in the “Find a Doctor” box to search and contact providers. Once a preceptor is secured, the student must contact Travis Dalton at travis_dalton@valleymed.org and allow at least one month between starting onboarding paperwork and the requested start date to allow adequate time for all steps to be completed.
Clinical Placement Roles
Roles include, but are not limited to:
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Paramedic
- Radiology (x-ray, CT, MRI, etc.)
- Respiratory Therapy
- Surgical Technicians
- Sterile Processing
- CNA Students
- EKG Tech Students
- Healthcare leadership
Please email Shelly Caldejon, Professional Development Specialist, regarding clinical placement requests.
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MA Placement Requests
Please email Sue Christian, Training and Education Coordinator, regarding MA placement requests.
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All Other Requests
For all other requests, including placement for roles listed below, please email Ruth Marks, Training and Development Specialist.
- Cardiac, inpatient, and outpatient rehab
- Social Workers and Case Management
- Pharmacy
- Engineering
- Information Technology (IT)
- Health Information Management (HIM)
- Lab and Medical Laboratory Scientist
For Clinical Placements Northwest (CPNW)-associated educational organizations:
- Please review the Valley Medical Center Site Requirements for all mandatory documents requiring completion.
For educational organizations not associated with CPNW:
- School instructor(s) and students must complete the Student/Instructor Program Checklist and all requirements listed within the form. Completed checklists must be submitted to your Valley contact.
- E-learning modules will be assigned to students/instructors upon completion of the Student/Instructor Program Checklists. Completed transcripts must be submitted to your Valley contact
School Instructors & Placement Coordinators:
- Please review the entire Student Orientation Manual with your students and have the students sign the last two pages. Copies of signed documents must be submitted to your Valley contact.
- Nursing
- Please review pages 3-7 of the Guidelines for Student Experiences with your students. Then, please have the students sign page 9.
- Copy of signed document must be submitted to your Valley contact.
- Non-nursing
- Please review pages 3-4 and 8 of the Guidelines for Student Experiences with your students. Then, please have the students sign page 9.
- Copy of signed document must be submitted to your Valley contact.