a great way to learn about the day-to-day work life of a professional in a career field of your choice

an attorney-supervised student internship for which academic credit is granted

an employer shadowing experience that typically lasts from a few hours to one week

an intense learning experience at the site of a sponsoring organization

a non-credit volunteer experience

an opportunity for students who demonstrate strong academic ability to earn a semester's or summer's worth of academic credit for carefully supervised, full-time experience in a setting pertinent to their educational and career goals

an optional extra-curricular field placement that provides an opportunity to accrue additional intervention experience and documented clinical hours

a one or two-day job shadowing experience that provides students with the opportunity to observe and network with professionals, investigate a career field, clarify career goals and interests, and function within a work environment

a one or two week unpaid program in which undergraduate and graduate and professional students spend spring break working directly with Yale alumni in an area of potential career interest

a short one-day long to one- week long shadowing/internship experience hosted by a Vanderbilt Alumni in their workplace

a super-short internship, lasting maybe a week

a weeklong, voluntary job shadowing experience

Externships are experiential learning opportunities, similar to internships, offered by educational institutions to give students short practical experiences in their field of study. In medicine it may refer to a visiting physician who is not part of the regular staff. It is derived from Latin externus and from Old English scipe.