<p>I think you probably have to know someone who can get you in to a hospital as an “intern” or someone other than a volunteer. Looking back, my roommate from med school got her father to call an old friend and somehow got her into an OR as a student. I on the other hand started at the bottom rung and volunteered as a candy striper and made beds and fed the elderly and infirmed on Sunday mornings. You have to start somewhere. During my second summer volunteering, they let me work in radiology and put away xrays (back then nothing was digital). Start networking!!!</p>