Campus Connections
Meet with a Coach or Peer Advisor in the Piper Center:
First years and sophomores:
Attend Pre-Health 101 – Explore (first years) and 201 – Prepare (sophomores). Then meet with a pre-health Peer Advisor.
Juniors Seniors & Alumni:
Attend Pre-Health 301 – Apply. Meet with Dana Rechtzigel. For quick questions, Dana has drop in hours on Fridays from 3:00p.m.-5:00p.m.. To schedule an individual appointment, please book through Handshake.
Academic advising:
Professor Kevin Crisp is the Chair of the Health Professions Committee and the advising specialist for pre-medical, pre-podiatry, pre-dentistry and pre-physician assistant students. His Piper Center hours for Fall 2022, by appointment only, are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00p.m.-3:00p.m. in the Piper Center.
Pre-health Resources for Oles
- Pre-health website (St. Olaf)
Events
- Pre-Health & STEM Internship and Research Fair
- Alumni Panels
- Service Expo (Great for students interested in exploring options for a service related gap year)
- Health Careers Fair (off campus)
- Health Professional School Expo (off campus)
Highlighted Opportunities
- List of pre-health internships for St. Olaf students
- Rockswold Health Scholars (summer)
- Health Scholars at the Mayo Clinic (summer)
- Mayo Innovations Scholars (Interim and summer)
- Consultative Health and Medicine (summer)
- Research at the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Center at the University of Minnesota (summer)
- Pathways to Healthcare (year-round)
- The Physician in Clinical and Hospital: Fairview Health System (Interim)
- Clinical Healthcare: Allina (Interim)
- TRIA Orthopaedic (Interim)
- Wieber Physical Therapy (Interim)
- Northfield Hospital Rehabilitation Service (Interim)
- Back in Action (Interim)
- Research (CURI)
- Job and Internships by Interest Area
- General Internship & Research Resources
- Medzilla – Jobs in healthcare, pharma, and science
Student organizations
Explore Healthcare Careers
Other Resources
- University of Minnesota online workshops
- Planning for Medical School
- Personal Statements for a Health Program
- Interviewing for a Health Program
- Explore Public Health
- Global Ambassadors for Patient Safety
- Career Changers
- Code U
- Health Professions websites
- NAAHP student resources
International and Off-campus Studies (Programs with Internships, Research or Experiential Learning)
- Costa Rica: Community Engagement in Public Health, Education, and the Environment
- DIS Copenhagen (Medical Practice & Policy)
- Peruvian Medical Experience (on pause)
Career-specific Resources
Audiology
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Audiology Foundation of America
Chiropractic
Clinical laboratory science
Dentistry
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- American Dental Association
- American Dental Education Association
- American Student Dental Association
Genetic counseling
Hospital Administration
Medicine
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Student Association
- American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
- Association of American Medical Colleges
Music therapy
Naturopathic Medicine
- American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
- Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges
Nursing
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American Nurses Association
- National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Occupational therapy
Optometry
- American Academy of Optometry
- American Optometric Association
- American Optometric Student Association
- Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
Pharmacy
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- The American Pharmacists Association
- Minnesota Pharmacists Association
- Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Physical therapy
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American Physical Therapy Association
- National Athletic Trainers’ Association
Physician assistant
Podiatry
Public health
- American Association of Public Health Physicians
- American Public Health Association
- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health