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Internships, fellowships and residencies

Choosing an internship, residency, or fellowship program is a big decision. VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System offers training programs for university and postgraduate students. Let us help you develop your career as a health care professional while you serve today’s Veterans.

Training for health professions

The VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System partners with several colleges, universities, and medical schools. Through these relationships we train more than 1,200 students, interns, and residents every year in most major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. 

To apply for an internship, residency, or fellowship, or to ask about a program not listed here, contact one of our program coordinators. Our programs include:

You must be enrolled in a health professions training program, or be accepted for one of our programs to be hired as a trainee.

Recreation Therapy Internship Program

The VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System offers excellent internship opportunities in the summer, spring, and fall semesters for students who are pursuing a degree in Recreation Therapy. Interns will be placed in a dynamic internship experience with unique opportunities for personal and professional growth. Learn more about the Recreation Therapy Internship Program.

Other training programs

  • Audiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dietetics
  • Occupational and physical rehabilitation
  • Pharmacy
  • Physician assistant
  • Podiatry
  • Psychology
  • Social work

We have brought many of these training programs into our Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).

Learn more about our associated health care programs

To find out more about our associated health care programs, or to ask about a program not listed here, please contact Human Resources:

Health Professions Education Office

Building 14 Room 1C20
Map of Salt Lake City campus
Phone:
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MT

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