Internships at CHOICES

Interested in a CHOICES Internship? Fill out the form to start the application process.

CHOICES offers interns a unique opportunity to learn in a state-of-the-art facility, working shoulder to shoulder with some of the most experienced, knowledgeable, and compassionate women’s health care professionals in the field.

If you are an educational organization, school, or other intern placement source and are interested in placing interns at CHOICES, please call (718) 349-9100 ext 119 or email [email protected].

About Our Internship Program

Choices Women’s Medical Center believes that a hands-on experience in a gold standard healthcare environment is the best way to develop healthcare professionals, especially reproductive health providers, for the future. CHOICES has participated in numerous internship programs since 1971 when it first opened its doors. It offers interns a unique opportunity to learn in a state-of-the-art facility, working shoulder to shoulder with some of the finest healthcare professionals in reproductive health.

Since 2011 the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has awarded Choices Women’s Medical Center its highest level of accreditation. This distinguishes CHOICES from many other outpatient surgical facilities by ensuring both a safe work environment and the highest quality of care to its patients.

Read interviews with some of our former interns that discuss their experience while interning at CHOICES Women’s Medical Clinic.

Domestic Internships

Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI)

Since 2005, BALI has mentored and trained young women of middle, high school and college-age, developing confidence and the critical skills needed to become effective, dynamic, and visionary 21st-century leaders. Annually, CHOICES outreach team provides educational workshops to the summer program attendees.

Columbia University

For the past several years CHOICES has been participating in Columbia University’s Internship program, hosting their amazing students and graduates in CHOICES Gynecology, Surgical, Prenatal and other departments.

The Columbia University Internship Program is coordinated by the University’s Center for Career Education. It helps students and alumni develop key competencies necessary to make informed decisions and take the necessary steps to achieve their career goals. The Center establishes connections and facilitates interaction among undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, employers, and organizations to generate opportunities that help students pursue their personal and professional objectives.

Duke University

The Moxie Project is a civic engagement experience sponsored by DukeEngage that fosters social justice leadership in a select group of Duke undergraduates. The program provides students with an opportunity to observe and practice social change within a partner organization dedicated to supporting women and girls in the New York City area; partners include the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance, Legal Momentum, Girls for Gender Equity, and, this year, CHOICES. Eight undergraduates will work 35 hours a week with partner organizations to learn about and work for reproductive rights, immigration issues, labor rights, violence against women policy initiatives and much more. Through an intensive eight-weeks of academic seminars, professional development and applied learning experiences against the backdrop of New York’s rich activist past and present, students will understand how their leadership efforts fit into a long history of women’s activism and emerge with confidence to become a part of that history. Follow their journey through the Moxie Blog. This year’s cohort will start their journey in early June.

Jamaica Hospital

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarship and teaching, and delivering excellent and compassionate medical care to all they serve. These goals are reflected in every aspect of the training experience offered to trainees.

Because training is central to their mission, every effort is made to provide hands-on clinical experience, as well as didactic teaching. They encourage and support scholarly activity, including research and opportunities which are an integral part of teaching programs.

Jamaica Hospital’s various Graduate Medical Education programs provide Residents with many opportunities to showcase their educational research projects including rotations at Choices Women’s Medical Center. To learn more visit www.jamaicahospital.org.

Int'l Internships

American Medical Opportunities Worldwide Intern Program (AMO)

(AMO) places international students and graduates in 4-week clinical experiences such as clerkships, electives, externships and observerships. AMO understands the goals and aspirations of its interns and uses those goals as the basis of each placement. Hosting international visitors allows organizations to pass on their skills and knowledge to a new generation of health care professionals. AMO’s value lies in the painstaking process they use to match an organization’s requirements and protocols with each of their applicants. To find out more information please visit www.amoworldwide.org.

Medical Students for Choice

Founded by medical students in 1993 as a response to the almost complete deficit of abortion education in their medical training, Medical Students for Choice (a 501©3 non-profit) has filled a unique niche in the abortion rights movement. They work to ensure that medical students and trainees are educated about all aspects of reproductive health care, including abortion.

Currently, MSFC has more than 220 chapters around the world. With abortion training still lacking in medical school curricula, MSFC members organize to change institutional policies and broaden opportunities for all their fellow students to receive family planning education.

Medical Students for Choice supports any medical student or physician in training seeking abortion and family planning education. For more information please visit msfc.org

Queens College

The Internship Program at Queens College helps to integrate classroom learning with work experience. Its Office of Career Development & Internships facilitates student placement, follow-ups, and the final evaluation process, and develops and maintains a database of internship requirements and terms in a variety of fields to facilitate positive internship experiences. Some Queens College internships are credit-bearing courses that teach students how to transition from the school world to the work world, while others can be paid, stipend, or unpaid.

York College

York College’s Community Health Education Program and Choices Women’s Medical Center have collaborated to provide interns extensive supervised field experience within CHOICES Outreach, Education, and Marketing Department.

The Community Health Education program at York College is designed to prepare the student to be a specialist skilled in planning and implementing programs that enhance health awareness. This multidisciplinary program facilitates the involvement of individuals, communities, and community-based organizations to promote well-being, improved health status and positive health behaviors.

The Community Health Education program’s goal – to prepare health education specialists – is implemented through the program’s curriculum and internship experiences which reflect the standards of the American Association of Health Education (AAHE) and National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC). These standards and competencies address content, assessment needs, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs, educational strategies, being a resource person, and communication and advocacy.

Internships at CHOICES

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