Elizabeth Harkin , Granite Bay chosen for Mayo Medical School internship

TEMPE. Ariz.- —Elizabeth Harkin of Granite Bay, Calif. is among nine students from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, who will get to experience student life at the elite Mayo Medical School this summer. They are the first undergraduate interns chosen for the Medical Sciences Shadowing Program at the school in Rochester, Minn., July 7 – 18. Harkin is a junior in biology and society.

The Medical Sciences Shadowing Program is a new residential program especially designed to introduce pre-medicine students from ASU’s Barrett to Mayo Medical School through a two-week interactive program. The medical school is an integral part of the Mayo Clinic Rochester. 

‘This is a wonderful chance for our students to find out first-hand how one of the nation’s top medical schools and clinics functions, and to see what being a medical student will actually be like,’ says Mark Jacobs, dean of Barrett.

As part of this paid mini-internship, students will not only be introduced to Mayo Medical School students and faculty, but they also will get to shadow students and attend formal lectures, small group discussions, case studies and tours of Mayo Clinic Rochester. 

Following the program, the participants may be given the chance to continue their relationship with Mayo Clinic via scheduled programs and shadowing experiences at both Mayo Clinic Arizona campuses.