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New Internship Agreement with Physicians Group Makes Offering and Finding that Important Internship Easier

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The Department of Community Health, led by Chair Dr. Tyler Smith, announced an important initiative to make it easier for students in the department to find and land that all important internship in their public health and health care administration programs.  Scripps Mercy Physicians Partners have hundreds of physicians under their umbrella that will participate.   The plan is to develop an online portal for internship positions to be posted and applied to in a one stop shopping approach.  Stay tuned for upcoming details.  The story has been widely covered in the media. Click on the links below for the whole story.

NU Official Press Release

San Diego Business Journal 

NBC San Diego 



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