Check out the resources available to you through the Center for Academic Advising and Student Success:
Interested in experiences where you can explore and learn about different careers in health care? Applying to graduate school and needing patient care or health care experience hours? Explore the database and learn about opportunities in the Pittsburgh region (and beyond). Depending on the facility, you will find volunteering, shadowing, or employment options.
Learn more about the programs at SHRS. Here you can click through to their admissions pages or review their experience requirements at-a-glance.
Check out the listing to see what is available for Personal Care Opportunities in the area. This list is updated as new positions become available.
2026 Event Recordings and Links:
- Professional Communication Strategies for SHRS Students - January 29, 2026
- Learn more about the Writing Center here: https://www.writingcenter.pitt.edu/
- Students can schedule appointments here: https://pitt.mywconline.com/
- Request Writing Center outreach here: https://www.writingcenter.pitt.edu/faculty-staff/writing-center-outreach
- Resume/CV Writing for SHRS Students - February 5, 2026
- Graduate Financial Aid for Summer Term - February 6, 2026
- Managing Impostor Phenomenon - February 24, 2026
- Interviewing and Networking Skills for SHRS Students - March 5, 2026
- Navigating Work Authorization for International SHRS Students - March 16, 2026 (links to OIS below):
- OIS Optional Practical Training, STEM OPT Extension, & Curricular Practical Training pages
- OIS Fact Sheets
- OIS FAQs
- OIS News page
- Compassion Fatigue for Health Professionals - March 31, 2026
- Salary Negotiation for SHRS Students - April 16, 2026
- Graduate Financial Aid for the Fall Term 2026 - May 8, 2026
2025 Event Recordings:
- Writing the Personal Statement: Panel Discussion - September 15, 2025
- Health Sciences Library for SHRS Students - September 18, 2025
- Resume/CV Writing - September 25, 2025
- Overcoming Test Anxiety- September 29, 2025
- Interviewing and Networking for SHRS Students - October 16, 2025
- Salary Negotiation - November 13, 2025
- Financial Aid for SHRS Graduate Students for Spring 2026 - November 17, 2025