Clinical Engineering Internship
2024-2025 Clinical Engineering Interns
The Clinical Engineering Internship is intended for M.S. students enrolled in the BME program. It offers an in-depth, rigorous, clinical experience that matches the engineering expertise gained in the classroom. The primary objectives of this intense internship are to:
- Provide BME graduate students exposure to hospital organization and administrative functions.
- Permit BME graduate students an opportunity to apply engineering techniques to patient care and hospital-based research.
- Provide substantial experience working with hospital personnel, including administrators, nurses, technicians and medical staff.
Overview of Clinical Engineering Education at UCONN (pdf)
The internship includes a stipend for each academic year and a full tuition scholarship. Summer support is also available at many of the hospitals. Health care benefits are not included in the internship.
Internship Opportunities
The Biomedical Engineering Program is pleased to announce the availability of Clinical Engineering Internship (pdf) opportunities at the University of Connecticut beginning in the fall 2023 semester. Students accepted into this program earn a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, which requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work and a thesis or 30 credit hours of course work without a thesis.
Applying to the University of Connecticut Clinical Engineering Internship Program (pdf)
The Clinical Engineering Internship Program is not open to students with F-1 or J-1 Visas.
Institutions participating in the 2-Year Clinical Engineering Internship program include:
Baystate Health Systems (Springfield, MA)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA)
Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA)
Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA)
Hartford Hospital (Hartford, CT)
Kaiser Permanente (Berkeley, CA)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, RI)
UConn Health Center (Farmington, CT)
UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worchester, MA)
VA Capital Health Care Network (Linthicum, MD)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (Los Angeles, CA)
VA North Texas Healthcare System (Dallas, TX)
Yale New Haven Hospital (New Have, CT)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
VA North Texas Healthcare System
Activity at these major medical institutions involves an in-depth exposure to all clinical engineering activities.
Contact
For details of the Clinical Engineering Internships, please contact:
Dr. David Kaputa
Administrative Director, Clinical Engineering Program
Biomedical Engineering
260 Glenbrook Rd., Unit 3247
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3247
Tel (860) 486-7113
Fax (860) 486-2500
Email: david.kaputa@uconn.edu
For full consideration, applicants should have their graduate applications received by January 1, 2025. Interviews will be conducted during February and March of 2025. Final selections will be made in April 2025.
Professional Websites
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) www.aami.org
New England Society of Clinical Engineering (NESCE) www.nesce.org
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) www.accenet.org