Clinical Experiences
In order to be successful in application to graduate programs, students need to show that they have experiences in clinical settings and understand the work that they are pursuing. Successful students are also committed to their communities and are involved in service and volunteer activities that reflect these values. Below are experiences readily available for our students.
Structured clinical experiences:
- Student Health Assistant (SHA) Program
The SHA program is a yearlong, student-driven experiential learning and research program for CSB and SJU pre-professional health students at the Emergency Department of St. Cloud Hospital and the Urgency Center at CentraCare Clinic Plaza. As a SHA, students will spend at least 6-12 hours per month completing a variety of tasks, including assisting with community-based research and other clinical duties. Our students work side-by-side with ED professionals to identify a research project, develop a proposal, submit to the Hospital’s IRB committee, and run the data collection and analysis, eventually leading to dissemination. - CentraCare shadowing program
CSB+JU have shadowing agreements with CentraCare
Summer research programs:
- CSB and SJU undergraduate research program
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation Programs
- Lillehei Heart Institute – University of Minnesota School of Medicine
- National Cancer Institute undergraduate research programs
- NIH undergraduate research programs
Local volunteer opportunities:
- CSB and SJU campus ministry
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
- Anna Marie’s Alliance
- Place of Hope
- St. Cloud Hospital/CentraCare
Gap year volunteer opportunities:
Gap year job opportunities:
- Scribing
- Many students also get clinical experiences working in varied settings as CNAs and PCAs
College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University
Manuel Campos, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Pre-professional Health Programming
SJU New Science Center, Room 108
320-363-3180