Learn More about Careers in Healthcare Through the Observation Program at UH Cleveland Medical Center
The Observation Program at UH Cleveland Medical Center is an opportunity for individuals who are interested in healthcare careers to shadow a hospital worker (sponsor) and learn more about the field. Participants are permitted to observe for 30 calendar days within a year. To start, individuals must submit a request to observe, specifying their preferred departments. Only submit one request at a time. Once conditionally approved, you will be asked to confirm any information needed, complete compliance training, and upload supporting documents. See below for additional details and requirements.
Request an Observation
The following departments currently offer observation opportunities at UH Cleveland Medical Center. Please submit only one request at a time and allow up to five business days for the department to respond before submitting a request to an alternate department.
Adult Departments
- Adult Echo Lab
- Audiology Services
- Blood Bank
- Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
- Clinical Research
- Dermatology
- Development Behavior Pediatrics
- Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Disease
- Electrophysiological
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine
- Finance
- Inpatient Physical Therapy
- Internal Medicine (Dr. Mohamad Amer Soudan)
- Laboratory
- Mather Operating Room
- Medical Physics Residents
- OB/GYN Residency Program
- Occupational Therapy Inpatient Rehab Services
- Optometry
- Pathology
- Perioperative Nurse
- Pharmacy
- Physician Assistant
- Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiation Oncology – Therapists
- Radiation Safety and Medical Imaging Physics
- Radiologic Technology (to observe a Technologist)
- Radiology
- Rapid Response
- Respiratory Therapy
- Seidman Cancer Center ICU Registred Nurse
- Surgery
- Surgical Pathology
- Adult Neurology
- Adult Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- Adult Outpatient Physical Therapy
- Adult Respiratory Therapy
- Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist ('CRNA')
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
- Diabetes and Metabolic Care Center
- Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
- Ear, Nose & Throat
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine (Advanced Practice Providers only)
- Genetics
- Geriatrics & Palliative Care
- Health Scholars
- Hematology/Oncology
- Home Care Physical Therapy
- Hospitalist
- Internal Medicine (Dr. Gibbons)
- Internal Medicine Residency Program
- Labor and Delivery (To observe Nurses or Surgical Techs only)
- Lung Transplant
- Maternal Fetal (Physican)
- Medical ICU Nursing
- Neonatology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Nurse Practitioner (UHMG)
- Nursing Trauma Surgical ICU
- OB/GYN Fellowships
- OBN Float Pool
- Operational Safety and Emergency Management Administration
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otis Moss Health Center
- Palliative Care
- Pathology
- Physician Assistant- Hematology/Oncology
- Primary Care Pediatrics
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiation Oncology – Medical Physics
- Radiology Nursing
- Retail Pharmacy
- Rheumatology
- SICU, NSU and Neurosurgery
- Social Work
- Speech Pathology
- Stem Cell Transplant Program
- Tumor Registry
- Urology
- Urology (Dr. Lee Ponsky)
- Valve and Structural Heart Disease Center
- Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
- Women's Imaging Sonography
Pediatric Departments
- Pediatric Critical Care
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Pediatric Dentistry (Only 3rd/4th Year Current Dental Student or Licensed Dentists)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Sickle Cell
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Neonatology
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric Neurology/Epilepsy
- Pediatric Respiratory
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Inpatient Areas and Emergency Department
- Pediatric Palliative Care Social Work
- Pediatric Urology
- Rainbow Sickle Cell Anemia Center
Observation Program for Current UH Employees
If you are University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center employee wanting to observe, you do not need to complete this process. Please make arrangements with your manager and sponsor. If you are a University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center employee and are interested in becoming an Observation Coordinator for your area please complete the new GPS training course titled “Observation Training GM-38 Online”. Once completed and approved your name and email address will be added to the list for Observers to contact.
Watch an overview of UH operating room observational protocol:
All observers in the OR must be at least 18 years of age.