Applications for the 2026 Summer Internship will open in January 2026!
Info provided below is tentative for 2026. Info about the 2025 internship is provided to give potential applicants an idea of what the internship is usually like. The OU School of Community Medicine located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, plans to offer a Summer Undergraduate Internship again for 2026. The Internship will give participants an opportunity to experience community medicine through lectures, experiential learning, clinical shadowing, research projects, site visits, High School student mentoring and interaction with current medical students, faculty and staff.
The Undergraduate Experience is a full time, 6-week internship from June 1st- July 17th.
The OU SCM Summer Undergraduate Internship Program applications typically includes the below.
The application will include the following supplemental materials.
Professional Resume or CV
Essay - Please submit an essay (300 words or fewer) that explains your interest in community medicine and what you would like to get out of the program. Your personal statement should include answers to the following questions.
- 1. What will your experiences, talents and strengths bring to the program?
- 2. Why is a program in community medicine needed?
Request a letter of recommendation from a faculty member and have the faculty member submit your letter of recommendation to our office at tulsascm@ouhsc.edu. The subject line for submission of the letter of recommendation should read as follows:
"Last name, First name - LOR - Summer Internship"
To submit documents by mail, send to:
The University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center
Attn: Undergraduate Summer Internship
SCM Student Services, Room 1C54
4502 East 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
All materials: online application, resume/CV and letter of recommendation must be turned in by February 28th. Applicants will be notified by early April if they are chosen to participate.
Participants must be a current undergraduate student to be eligible (completed Freshman year by June 2025 and on track to graduate a bachelor's program no earlier than December 2025).
Please direct any questions about the program to 918-660-3500 or tulsascm@ouhsc.edu.
918-660-3500 or tulsascm@ouhsc.edu.
