The goal of AED’s Medically-Related Experiences Initiative is to provide students at UA with opportunities to gain meaningful and important experience necessary for applying to professional schools. We believe that exposure to clinical experience during your undergraduate career is crucial to a strong professional school application, and we strive to provide students with information on various health-related experiences, such as shadowing or scribing.

To gain shadowing experience through AED, we ask you to fill out the application linked below and complete the online HIPAA training. Please send the completed HIPAA acknowledgement form to the healthcare experiences initiative directors found at the bottom of the page.  Once we have received your application via Google Forms as well as your HIPAA acknowledgement form, we will then attempt to find your shadowing placement in a timely manner.

Healthcare Experiences Information Request

AED Member Shadowing Application

HIPPA TRAINING

Summer Opportunities List  – Provided by John Hopkins University 


Scribing Opportunities:

  • If you are interested in working as a medical scribe, DCH is hiring now. You can apply here.

Obtaining meaningful shadowing experiences is not as easy as it may seem. However, we are here to help you gain the insight and confidence needed to seek shadowing opportunities and have provided helpful links below:

Want to Shadow

Shadowing Etiquette

Explore Health Careers

Summer Health Professions Education Program


If you have specific questions, feel free to email the Healthcare Experiences Initiative Directors (bamaaedhealthcareexperiences@gmail.com).