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. Once conditionally approved, you will be asked to submit an application, 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. Click your preferred department to directly email the department coordinator over that area.
Your email must include: Full name, contact information, requested dates, and any requirements for this experience (such as total observation hours).
- Email Adult Echo Lab
- Email Audiology Services
- Email Blood Bank
- Email Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
- Email Clinical Research
- Email Dermatology
- Email Development Behavior Pediatrics
- Email Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Disease
- Email Electrophysiological
- Email Endocrinology
- Email Family Medicine
- Email Finance
- Email Inpatient Physical Therapy
- Email Internal Medicine (Dr. Mohamad Amer Soudan)
- Email Laboratory
- Email Mather Operating Room
- Email Medical Physics Residents
- Email OB/GYN Residency Program
- Email Occupational Therapy Inpatient Rehab Services
- Email Optometry
- Email Pathology
- Email Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Email Pediatric Dentistry (Only 3rd/4th Year Current Dental Student or Licensed Dentists)
- Email Pediatric Endocrinology
- Email Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Email Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Email Pediatric Neonatology
- Email Pediatric Respiratory
- Email Pediatric Surgery
- Email Perioperative Nurse
- Email Pharmacy
- Email Physician Assistant
- Email Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Email Radiation Oncology
- Email Radiation Oncology – Therapists
- Email Radiation Safety and Medical Imaging Physics
- Email Radiologic Technology (to observe a Technologist)
- Email Radiology
- Email Rapid Response
- Email Respiratory Therapy
- Email Seidman Cancer Center ICU Registred Nurse
- Email Surgery
- Email Surgical Pathology
- Email Adult Neurology
- Email Adult Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- Email Adult Outpatient Physical Therapy
- Email Adult Respiratory Therapy
- Email Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Email Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Email Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist ('CRNA')
- Email Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
- Email Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
- Email Diabetes and Metabolic Care Center
- Email Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Email Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
- Email Ear, Nose & Throat
- Email Emergency Medicine
- Email Emergency Medicine (Advanced Practice Providers only)
- Email Genetics
- Email Geriatrics & Palliative Care
- Email Health Scholars
- Email Hematology/Oncology
- Email Home Care Physical Therapy
- Email Hospitalist
- Email Internal Medicine (Dr. Gibbons)
- Email Internal Medicine Residency Program
- Email Labor and Delivery (To observe Nurses or Surgical Techs only)
- Email Lung Transplant
- Email Maternal Fetal (Physican)
- Email Medical ICU Nursing
- Email Neonatology
- Email Neurology
- Email Neurosurgery
- Email Nurse Practitioner (UHMG)
- Email Nursing Trauma Surgical ICU
- Email OB/GYN Fellowships
- Email OBN Float Pool
- Email Operational Safety and Emergency Management Administration
- Email Orthopaedic Surgery
- Email Otis Moss Health Center
- Email Palliative Care
- Email Pathology
- Email Pediatric Critical Care
- Email Pediatric Endocrinology
- Email Pediatric Neonatology
- Email Pediatric Nephrology
- Email Pediatric Neurology/Epilepsy
- Email Pediatric Inpatient Areas and Emergency Department
- Email Pediatric palliative care social work
- Email Pediatric Urology
- Email Physician Assistant- Hematology/Oncology
- Email Primary Care Pediatrics
- Email Radiation Oncology
- Email Radiation Oncology – Medical Physics
- Email Radiology Nursing
- Email Rainbow Sickle Cell Anemia Center
- Email Retail Pharmacy
- Email Rheumatology
- Email SICU, NSU and Neurosurgery
- Email Social Work
- Email Speech Pathology
- Email Stem Cell Transplant Program
- Email Tumor Registry
- Email UHC MacDonald Clinical Float Pool
- Email Urology
- Email Urology (Dr. Lee Ponsky)
- Email Valve and Structural Heart Disease Center
- Email Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
- Email Women's Imaging Sonography
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.