VISN 2: Student Opportunities - Medical/Dental Residency Programs

VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, which consists of Albany, Bath, Buffalo, Canandaigua and Syracuse VAs and 28 community-based outpatient clinics, offers many professinal opportunities for students to experience. We encourage students at the high school, college and university levels to consider doing their career training at a VA Medical Center. Listed below are the career training programs available to students: Student observers are individuals in high school, college, and universities who have the need to observe an area of the medical center for bonafide reasons. Student Observations Associated health professions students are all clinical professions other than medicine and dentistry including podiatry, and optometry who are scheduled for their clinical experiences as part of their formal education programs. Examples of academic programs include social work, psychology, audiology & speech, occupational & physical therapy, nursing, etc. Students Paid by VA Students not Paid by VA Psychology Internship Program at Syracuse VA Medical Center Psychology Internship Program at Western New York Healthcare System (Buffalo) Dental or Medical residents/students are health care providers who are scheduled for their clinical experiences as part of their formal education programs. Medical/Dental Residents For More Information regarding Student Opportunities please contact our Education Staff. Education Contacts