<p>I’m fairly new to this, so please forgive me!!!</p>
<p>How do you get a hospital internship? Do hospitals offer them to underclassmen (freshmen or sophomores in college)? Where should I look, and even if positions aren’t officially listed, is it prudent to ask for a position?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>If there isn’t a program for it, you usually won’t have much luck getting such a position. At least in my experience.</p>
<p>That said, what kind of ‘internships’ are you talking about?</p>
<p>[Co-ops/Internships</a> on the Web](<a href=“http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/summer.htm]Co-ops/Internships”>Co-ops/Internships on the Web)</p>
<p>Most of these programs are for the summer but having such an experience for any length of time is more valuable than not.</p>
<p>You need to be very precise in what you mean by “internship” in a medical setting because it’s different than what you normally think of. When you say “intern” around a bunch of doctors, they’ll think you’re talking about a first year resident - someone who just graduated from medical school (so they are an actual physician) and is in the first year of their specialty training. So if you ask a physician to be an intern as a college student, you’d likely have some very confused looks…</p>