Sugery and Specialty Clinics
ALZHEIMER'S CENTER (DISEASE & DIAGNOSTIC CENTER)
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: Clinic provides support to families and patients during the course of this disease. Volunteers will learn about the tragedies of this dementing illness and how families cope with the implications of Alzheimer's disease. Volunteers will observe patient testing and participate in meetings. A 4-hour shift per week is required.
Student Comments: "I sat in on physical examinations, psychoanalysis, memory tests, case meetings and family conferences. My job was to observe during tests and keep the patient entertained between tests. During days there were not many patients, I would help file and make information packets or mail X-rays. There was usually plenty to do to keep me busy."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer (10 weeks)
CHILD PROTECTION CENTER
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: Assist with patient care and facilitate patient flow and clinic operations. Volunteers must be supportive and nonjudgmental of the patients who are victims of abuse. Volunteers will file pictures of the children taken as evidence of abuse. Patient interaction is dependent on the ability of the volunteer. A 4-hour shift per week is required. Student Comments:"As an intern, my primary responsibilities were to advocate for and comfort children by playing with them in the waiting room and accompanying them to physical exams, while assisting the nurse practitioner during the examination. I also learned about and observed cases of child abuse as well as normal childhood malformations by cataloguing and labeling pictures of suspected abuse. Additionally, if there were no children at the clinic when I first arrived for my shift, I took care of filing charts back into their respective places, photocopying documents, making sexual assault and abuse packets, creating labels on the computer, and putting away office mail."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation. You MUST have your OWN transportation. Only accepting JUNIORS or SENIORS. WARNING: This internship deals with sensitive issues like abuse and assult.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
ENDOSCOPY
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: The Gastrointestinal (GI) Lab performs a multitude of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for adult and pediatric patients. Procedures include upper and lower endoscopies, laser therapy, biliary procedures, liver biopsies, dilations and motility studies. The volunteer will observe procedures, set up examination rooms and stock supplies. Because the clinic utilizes video equipment for procedures, there is an opportunity to observe procedures on TV monitors. A 4-hour shift per week is required Student Comments: "The first thing I was expected to do at the GI lab was to make sure that all the gurneys (12) were made up. I then went to each of the four procedure rooms and checked the C-carts for supplies. I would take inventory and then go into the supply cart and restock them. I also had to make sure the supply of IV bags was replenished as they went though those rather fast. After all the rooms and carts were stocked I went into each room and set them up for a procedure. The GI lab usually did one of four procedures; an endoscopy, a flex/sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy, a liver biopsy or a paresenthesis. After the procedure I was supposed to clean the rooms and strip down the beds."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
GENERAL PEDIATRICS CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: This clinic environment is similar to a private pediatrician's office. Volunteers spend the majority of their time helping nurses with in-take procedures such as weighing patients, measuring height, inputting patient data into the computer and filing patient records. Volunteers will have the opportunity to observe the staff with direct patient care. A 4-hour shift per week is required for TWO CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS. Student Comments: "My tasks at the clinic revolve around serving patients, not only directly, but also indecrectly, For instance, every morning I stocked each room with the necessary items such as: bandages, table rolls, iodine swabs, alcohol wipes, etc... An example of indirect service to patients is providing rooms with books and magazines to entertain both the children and parents while they patiently wait in the exam rooms. However, I was also given the privelege to work with patients directly. This was the best part of the internship." Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: FalL & Spring ONLY
NEUROSCIENCE CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: Assist staff with appointment confirmations, filing, FAX and alphabetize forms. Prepare packets for nurses examining patients. Opportunity to shadow physicians (includes neurosurgeons) and nurse practitioners. Observe procedures for pump installation/adjustments including synchromed (for pain medication) and ommaya reservoir (treatment for fungus infection). A 4-hour shift per week is required. Student Comments: "My first duty everyday was to fold appointment confirmation forms along with other material for the clinic and send it to all the patients that were scheduled to come into the clinic within a couple of months. I was also asked to alphabetize the forms used when patients called into the clinic to speak to a nurse. Although this was a tedious task, I realize that it was essential that I did not make a mistake as finding the forms at later times was of the utmost importance. I was also asked to complete packets for nurses for examining patients. In these packets, I would include betadine swabs, a bandage and gloves. Finally, when all such duties and assignments were completed, I was allowed to shadow a physician's assistant as well as a neurosurgeon. I witnessed many cases at the clinic and the PA and doctor were kind enough to take the time to explain all aspects of the things I was seeing. They included me in their discussions and always introduced me to the patients."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
OB/GYN - Female volunteers ONLY
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: This clinic provides basic care and routine examinations for pregnant women. Please note this is not a delivery unit. The volunteer will assist the staff in the daily operations of the clinic. Duties may include cleaning and preparing examination rooms, preparing specimens for the lab, assisting nurses in preparing patients for examination and providing support during exams. A 4-hour shift per week is required. Female Volunteers Only! Juniors and Seniors Only! Student Comments: "From the very first day of my internship at the UCDMC OB/GYN Clinic, I began to acquire skills that I would need in the medical field. The training nurse taught me how to perform tasks such as: measuring weight, taking blood pressure and pulse, measuring glucose and protein levels, how to prepare a room for an examination, how to perform a urine pregnancy test, how to log in specimens for the lab and how to chart a patient's vital signs."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: Junior and Senior Females ONLY
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
OPERATING ROOM
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: The Operating Room is an in-patient surgical unit. Volunteers will assist in sterilizing and packing surgical instruments, changing operating theaters, stocking supplies and transporting patients. Volunteers may observe open-heart surgeries, skin grafts, tumor excisions, appendectomies, etc. with the approval of the nurse in charge. Additionally, the volunteer will observe in various departments by rotating through the x-ray lab, patient floors, central distribution, recovery rooms and anesthesia department . An 8-hour shift per week is required. Student Comments: "My duties as an intern were essentially to assist the Hospital Assistant (HA) with his duties. These duties included cleaning operating rooms after use, running specimen samples to the lab, transporting patients, getting the proper instruments needed for each operation, and other basic tasks that ensured that the surgeons, technicians, and nurses had everything they needed for their operation to proceed smoothly. I did this for the majority of the beginning of my internship. After a whilte I began to acutually observe operations." "My experience this quarter in the UCDMC operating room has been, by far, the most interesting and fulfilling area of the hospital that I have worked for in the past. Even the first day on site was exciting! Upon my arrival on the OR floor at 7am, I was confronted with a bustling crowd of doctors and nurses. They all congregated around a wall-sized board with all kinds of codes. Just this sight of so many active people woke me up and made me want to be involved. I learned how to set up the operating room for the next scheduled surgery. Depending on the type of surgery planned, the room had to be set up in a certain way so that the doctors have everything necessary when operating begins. One day I was able to observe the dissection of an ovarian tumor. The pathologist allowed me to pull on gloves and feel the tissue samples and assist her in maneuvering the larger tumor while she cut little slices to be analyzed. This quarter's internship in the OR has been both rewarding and memorable. It definitely exceeded my expectations and I would love to one day be a part of this arena."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm..
Class level: All
Schedule: 8 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
OTOLARYNGOLOGY (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: This clinic treats those with respiratory or auditory ailments. The volunteer may observe diagnosis and treatment, which may include surgery from time to time. The volunteer will assist the staff in the operation of this outpatient clinic. The volunteer may observe diagnosis and treatment, which may include medical procedures such as micro-ear exams, nasopharyngoscopy, sinus endoscopy and esophageal dilation. A 4-hour shift per week is required. Student Comments: "...some of my duties included making sure the rooms were clean, the machines were functional, and everything was ready for the patients. When a patient arrived for our station, I was responsible for retrieving the chart, bringing back the patient and weighing him/her if necessary. In addition, I recorded information on the necessary paperwork. After each patient, I cleaned the rooms by disposing of all trash and removing all scopes and instruments. When removing reusable instruments and scopes, I was responsible for depositing them into the dirty utility room and cleaning them as needed. In addition, I would restock our rooms with supplies if necessary. Some of my other duties included assisting the station nurse with any errands in order to make the patients comfortable and to keep the station neat. Sometimes I would get magazines for patients or make copes of paperwork for filing, or find charts, etc." Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: This clinic usually treats children with chronic illnesses such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, etc. Volunteers assist with in-take procedures by taking their vital signs (height, weight, head circumference, temperature, heart and respiration rate) and escorting patients to exam rooms. Volunteers may also be trained to run urine tests and file patient records. A 4-hour shift per week is required for TWO CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS. Student Comments: "The duties of my position included taking the height, weight, temperature, and blood pressure of the patients and entering the data into the computer. I also ran the lab work and x-rays down to the correct departments in order for them to be interpreted by the correct staff. My duties varied daily, from responsibilities as simples as supervising childre in the waiting room, data entry and filing, to more challenging tasks such as calculations of each patient's "decimal ages" for the list of patients of the following day." Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Winter & Summer ONLY
TRANSPLANT CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: The Transplant Clinic examines patients before and after their transplants. Volunteers will facilitate contact between the doctors, nurses and the transplant patients by insuring a smooth and timely patient flow. Students will help with a variety of clinical and clerical tasks and gain knowledge of daily clinic operations. A 4-hour shift per week is required. Student Comments: None currently available.
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Attend the H&BS Clinical/Hospital Lottery. For more infomation on the lottery process click here.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
UNIVERSITY SURGERY CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: Learn the day to day functions of an operating room and the elements of effective patient care. Learn the various roles of all employees and become familiar with the various hospital departments that support the Operating Room e.g., X-ray, Lab, patient floors, Central Distribution, Central Processing, Linen Services, Recovery Room, and Anesthesia. Opportunity to observe surgeries. A 4-hour shift per week required. Student Comments: "A typical day begins with making beds for patients going in or coming out of surgery. The beds must be scrubbed down with germicide and cleared of all debris such as body fluid, surgical tape and used linens. The beds are prepared according to the set up for surgery. After all used beds have been cleaned and made the next task is to check the warmers in the surgical sub-sterile rooms. The warmers are containers that keep blankets and fluids such as saline warm for the patient in surgery. The next duty was to transport contaminated instruments used during surgery to Central Processing where the instruments will be sterilized. When things get slow there are minor duties to perform such as preparing a package of items needed to clean and prepare an operating room. After all duties have been fulfilled the intern has the option to observe any ongoing surgery in which the patient is under general anesthesia."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
By: Uwais Zaid, class of 2004
URGENT CARE CLINIC
Organization: UCD Medical Center
Location: Sacramento
Description: This clinic cares for patients from both pediatrics and internal medicine. Volunteers will assist in the daily functions of the clinic, including patient escort and assisting with clerical operations. Volunteers who take initiative may also participate with patient intake and take vital signs. A 4-hour shift per week is required.
Student Comments: "My main responsibility at the clinic upon arrival was to
make sure all the exam rooms were cleaned and the supplies stocked, before patients
were admitted. Once the clinic opened, I assisted the head nurse by calling
in the patients from the waiting room, and taking their vitals. Next, I led
the into the xam rooms and then notified the physicians in their office, by
filling out a sheet posted on the wall the keeps track of patients' ID information,
reason of visit, exam room, arrival time, etc. The rest of my time at the clinic
consisted of little errands for the nurses and staff to fetch something or to
communicate some information to the patients or workers in the clinic. A lot
fo times I had the opportunity to observe and assist the nurses when they needed
to draw blood on the patients or give certain treatments."
Requirements: Attend mandatory registration through the Internship & Career Center and UCD Medical Center orientation. Proof of Rubella and Rubella vaccination, and current TB Test must be shown at UCDMC orientation.
How to Apply: Apply online using H&BS Clinical/Hospital On-Line Sign-ups at http://hbs.ucdavis.edu/lotsignup.htm.
Class level: All
Schedule: 4 hrs/week; TBA
Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer