Stetson Powell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is looking to hire five graduating seniors/recent college graduates and aspiring doctors for its year-long, paid internship program which started in 2007. This internship is designed to provide practical experience to college graduates bound for medical school. The interns work directly with the physicians and will learn how to take medical histories, document patient present illnesses, review X-ray and MRI results from the in-office X-ray and MRI machines, and to synthesize information into possible diagnoses. The interns will have the opportunity to attend both arthroscopic and open surgery of the shoulder, knee, elbow, hip, and ankle. They will engage in ongoing research projects with the goal of publishing their projects in peer-reviewed journals. Finally, the interns have the opportunity to learn the business side of medicine by sitting in on business and financial meetings of the group and occasionally assisting with the overall operation of the office.
The internship program, located in Santa Monica and Burbank, CA, begins each year in June first and lasts roughly thirteen months. To qualify, students must have recently graduated from a university and taken the MCAT (before starting the program) and plan to attend medical school in the future. Interest in Orthopedics is preferred, but not required, as this experience will help all aspiring doctors.
More information about the internship can be found on their website. If interested in applying, please e-mail a cover letter and resume to andrew@stetsonpowell.com.