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UNDERGRADUATE PRE-MEDICAL STUDENT 

DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING

  • UU COE Application
  • HIPAA Certificate
  • PCH Observation Request
    • The PCH Observation Request is a preliminary application that does not guarantee approval for shadowing with Primary Children's. If accepted, you will be directed to complete a student profile. You will be notified of final approval with a temporary badge.  
  • Send your full vaccine record to ped.education@hsc.utah.edu , including:
    • COVID vaccine
    • Updated Flu vaccine (during flu season (Oct-March)
    • A TB blood test screening with a negative result within 2 months of desired shadowing start date
  • Cleared Background Check and Drug Screen
    • The cost of both tests comes to $100
    • If you're a University of Utah SOM  or Primary Children's/Intermountain employee, do not purchase, and please let us know
    • When purchased, please include this detail in your application submission email

ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS

  • Limited to a maximum of 12 hours of shadowing.
  • Must be within 24 months of applying to medical school.
  • Student observers are not permitted to participate in any form of patient care.
  • Student observers are not permitted access to Electronic Medical Records.
  • Before the student observer is allowed to be present in the clinic room with the patient, the patient or parent must give permission to the provider or clinic staff.
  • Student observers are never permitted to be alone with a patient.
  • Faculty and staff in any patient area may, at their discretion, exclude an observer from the clinic or clinical environment at any time and for any reason.
  • Our office does not coordinate observation opportunities in the PCH surgical suites