Student Experience

At Calvin, you'll build your knowledge through real medical experience. Grand Rapids is an excellent location for clinical education, boasting several health systems, specialty hospitals, and numerous extended care facilities.

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  Clinical Experience

  • If you're thinking about med school, you should be getting clinical experience as an undergrad.
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  Research Fellowships

  • Pre-professional health will take your Calvin experience, regardless of your major, and transform it into broad, hands-on training for your chosen health profession.
  • Phage Research
  • Calvin Faculty-Led Research
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  Student Organizations

  • Get involved right from the start. Calvin students in pre-professional health programs pull together around common interests in several student-led organizations. Many students participate in the Pre-Health Student Club or the Christian Medical and Dental Association Club.

  Off-Campus Programs

  • As a pre-professional health student, you can study abroad through a variety of programs, mix your interests, and see the many ways you could put your medical degree to work. One very popular program for Pre-Health students is IDIS 286: Intro to Cross Cultural Medicine in Nepal.