1. Planning Your Gap Year Experience:
Ideas for Resources to Assist You
Your
“Board
of
Advisors”
Career
Center
Website:
http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career
♦
Short-­‐term
Opportunities
http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/online-­‐tools-­‐resources#node-­‐1006
♦
Career
Options
Guides
http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/online-­‐tools-­‐resources#node-­‐1765
♦
Career
Center
Calendar
http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/calendar
Office
of
Health
Professions
Advising
Taking
a
Year
(or
more)
Off:
http://prehealth.duke.edu/applying/when-­‐should-­‐i-­‐apply/delaying-­‐an-­‐application/taking-­‐a-­‐year-­‐off/
Examples
of
websites
to
explore
for
various
options:
Teach:
Teach
for
America
http://www.teachforamerica.org/
Citizen
Schools
http://www.citizenschools.org/
City
Year
http://www.cityyear.org/CityYear/Home_New_2011/Home_A_2011.aspx
Study:
Post-­‐bac
programs
https://services.aamc.org/postbac/
Scholarships
&
academic
fellowships
http://ousf.duke.edu/post-­‐graduate-­‐scholarships
Pre-­‐graduate
Advising
Office
http://trinity.duke.edu/pregraduate-­‐advising
Work:
DukeList
http://dukelist.duke.edu/search?q=type%3Aopportunity&page=1
Americorps
http://www.americorps.gov/
eRecruiting
http://duke.experience.com/experience/login
Indeed.com
http://www.indeed.com/
SimplyHired.com
http://www.simplyhired.com/
Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/info/Careers/EntryPoints/Fellowships/Opportunities
Research:
DukeList
http://dukelist.duke.edu/search?q=type%3Aopportunity&page=1
NIH
Postbaccalaureate
IRTA
https://www.training.nih.gov/trainees/postbacs
Post-­‐bac
Research
Assistant/Coordinator
Positions
http://psychology.cua.edu/undergrad/after-­‐
graduation.cfm
Listservs,
e.g.
biomajors,
DURS,
etc.
Fellowships:
Working
fellowships
http://ousf.duke.edu/post-­‐graduate-­‐scholarships
Categories
include:
biomedical,
computer
science
&
technology,
health
&
medical,
leadership
&
business,
and
many
more;
also
sort
using
‘tags”

2. Intern:
CDC
Office
of
Minority
Health
and
Health
Equity
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/internships.html
International:
Work/study/teach
abroad
GoinGlobal
http://online.goinglobal.com/
Teach
for
China
http://www.tfchina.org/
Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/
“Sky’s
the
Limit:”
Designing
your
own
experience/funding
Resources
from
other
institutions:
Year(s)
of
Service/Gap
Year
Programs
at
UPenn
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/servicegapyearprograms.html
Gap
Year
Options
at
UMich
http://careercenter.umich.edu/article/volunteering-­‐employment-­‐and-­‐
gap-­‐year-­‐resources#Gap%20Year%20Options
Finding
a
Postgraduate
Clinical
Research
Assistant
Position
at
Harvard
http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/students/careers/medicine/research.htm