Pre-Health
Community Service & Volunteering
Medicine is a service based career. You can strengthen your ability to communicate with people from different backgrounds and cultures through community service activities.
Volunteer Opportunities
Organization | Location | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Bryn Mawr Hospital | Bryn Mawr, PA | Shadowing, pre-med, and volunteer internships | |
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | College and graduate volunteer opportunities | |
Cooper University Hospital | Camden, NJ | Adult volunteer program | |
Einstein Medical Center | Philadelphia, PA (various) | College student and adult volunteer programs | |
Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA | College student volunteers | |
Jefferson University Hospital | Philadelphia, PA (various) | Adult volunteer program | |
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | Philadelphia, PA | College volunteer program | |
Shriner's Children's Hospital | Philadelphia, PA | Email Volunteer_Phila [at] shrinenet.org | |
Temple University - Main Campus | Philadelphia, PA | Students will engage in proactive non-clinical rounding on inpatient and outpatient units as well as greeting and assisting visitors at our concierge desk and throughout the hospital. | |
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Pre-med volunteer program | |
Lankenau Hospital | Wynnewood, PA | Adult volunteer program |
Community Service
Additionally, there are many ways you can serve the community around you through the Haverford community.
- Participate in one of the many established community service, public health research, and clinical opportunities that are available in the US and abroad through the Center for Global Peace and Citizenship (CPGC).
- Familiarize yourself with the volunteer opportunities provided by the Marilou Allen Office of Service & Community Collaboration (OSCC). Depending on the opportunity, the OSCC may be able to reimburse travel or provide SEPTA tickets.
- Familiarize yourself with the Bryn Mawr College Civic Engagement Office (CEO) directory of healthcare volunteer opportunities in the Main Line and Philadelphia area.