Learning at Southlake

As a teaching and research facility, Southlake Regional Health Centre understands the importance of training the brightest and the best.  We are committed to providing educational opportunities that support the development of future healthcare professionals. We are proud to be affiliated with our local high schools, colleges and universities from across the country.

Please click on one of the links below to find out more about the variety of learning opportunities available at Southlake:

High School Co-op Students
Job Shadow Opportunities
Clinical Placements
Non-Clinical Placements
Volunteer Opportunities

High School Co-Op Students

A "Co-op(erative) student" is a high school student who has completed the application and interview process and been accepted for an unpaid Co-op student position at Southlake. All co-op student placements are processed through the Community Resources Department in collaboration with the high school co-op department.

To apply to be a Co-op student at Southlake, please contact the Co-op Department at your High School who can provide you with more information.

Job Shadow Opportunities

Southlake supports job shadows for educational purposes in order to encourage students and individuals to make better-informed decisions about their prospective career choices.  Job shadowing is time limited strictly observational experience with no direct patient care activities. 

All Job Shadow candidates must be at least 16 years old and must be coordinated through the Human Resources Department. 

Please contact the Human Resources at 905-895-4521, ext 6242 for additional information.

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Clinical Placements

Southlake Regional Health Centre is committed to supporting educational opportunities for students from a wide range of professional disciplines. Students placed in clinical placement opportunities at Southlake must be affiliated with a College, University or other teaching institution that has the placement recognized as a requirement of the program.

Medical Learner Placements
For information about Medical Learner Placements, please contact Marianne Greco, Medical Staff Office, at mgreco@southlakeregional.org or 905-895-4521, ext. 2712.

Nursing and Allied Health Learner Placements
Placements are possible in many disciplines including:  Nursing, Chaplaincy, Kinesiology, Medical Imaging Technology, Medical Laboratory Science,   Psychology, Pharmacy, Radiation Therapy, Social Work, Dietetics and Speech-Language Pathology as well as many others.

• If you are interested in more information regarding clinical placement opportunities at Southlake, please contact us at the email address listed below.
  
  
• If you are a student wanting to apply for a clinical placement at Southlake, please have your faculty advisor/placement coordinator contact us at the email addresses provided below.
  
  
• If you are a faculty advisor/placement coordinator looking to place a student at Southlake, please contact us at the email address provided below with the following information:
• the name of the teaching institute, your name, the students name and resume, the program that the student is enrolled in, the length of the placement and  the dates requested for the placement

For Nursing Student Placements, please contact Rosalyn Straw at rstraw@southlakeregional.org

For Non-Nursing Student Placements, please contact Judy King at jking@southlakeregional.org

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Non-Clinical Placements

A variety of student placement opportunities exist at Southlake beyond our clinical areas.  We are open to considering requests for experiential learning opportunities in any area of our hospital.  Examples of these placements may include skilled trades, human resources, medical office administration and health information.

If you are a student wanting to apply for a non-clinical placement at Southlake, please have your faculty advisor/placement coordinator contact Judy King at jking@southlakeregional.org.

• If you are a faculty advisor/placement coordinator looking to place a student at Southlake,  please contact Judy King at jking@southlakeregional.org with the following information:
  • the name of the teaching institute, your name, the students name and resume, the program that the student is enrolled in, the length of the placement and  the dates requested for the placement.

Volunteer Opportunities

Southlake offers a wide variety of Volunteer opportunities. For more information, please click here.

Southlake reserves the right at all times to accept or decline student placements

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