Applying for the Health Care Ethics Internship Program

Application period for the 2011-2012 Program is now closed.
Please check back in March 2012 for 2012-2013 application information.

The Health Care Ethics Internship program, sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, in partnership with O'Connor Hospital, Seton Medical Center, and Hospice of the Valley, is open to all Santa Clara University sophomores and juniors, and prospective and current graduate students who are interested in health care ethics. Since there are a limited number of placements available, students will be selected based on qualifications and interviews.

A commitment of one academic year is required. This includes five hours a week at the hospital plus biweekly reflection sessions on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The internship is a five-credit upper-division pass/no pass course for which students register in the spring quarter. A completed ethics course is required by the end of Fall 2012.

Completed applications are due between February 28,2011 to April 11, 2011. Completed applications should include:

1. The application form
2. A letter of intention (300-500 words): State your objectives and goal for participating in the Health Care Ethics Internship Program.
3. Two letter(s) of recommendation from a faculty/ staff member
   (preferably from your major)
4. A completed health screening form. Please contact the Cowell Health Center or your health care provider if you have questions. (ext. 4501) Please attach proof/documentation of your immunizations.
   Note:
   • TB test - you must have proof of TB skin test dated no earlier than September 2010. A second TB will be required in September 2011 if you are accepted into the program.
   • A 10 panel drug screen (urine drug screen analysis) will be required after you are accepted into the program.
   • T-DAP vaccination is only required after you are accepted into the program.
   • Physical examinations are not required.

Check back in March for The Application Packet
Application packets are also available at the reception desk in the Markkula Center, located in the Arts and Sciences Building.

Interviews with staff at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and O'Connor Hospital will be arranged after you complete steps #1-4.

You will be notified by mail if you are accepted to the program.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Anna Kozas, Program Administrator, Health Care Ethics Intern Program, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at (408) 551-5716.