Internships And Fellowships | VA Puget Sound Health Care | Veterans Affairs

VA Puget Sound Health Care System provides training programs for students at the college, university, and postgraduate levels. Explore our training programs to find out about how we can help

you start your career as a health care professional.

VA Puget Sound enhances nursing education and practice by facilitating a strong and mutually beneficial partnership between the VA and schools of nursing.  We provide Registered Nurse (RN)

and Nurse Practitioner (NP) residency programs to develop competent, confident, practice-ready employees to meet the needs of our community.

VA Puget Sound's associated health education includes all health professions except for medicine, dentistry, and nursing (e.g., psychology, occupational therapy, pharmacy, etc.). Through

affiliation agreements with health professions schools and colleges, we provide clinical placements and fellowships for health professions trainees in more than 40 disciplines.

VA Puget Sound enhances intercultural and interfaith professional ministry in healthcare settings in a groundbreaking program, using creative and innovative methods of learning to educate

pastors. We provide Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency and fellowship programs to enable students to realize their full potential to strengthen the spiritual health of people in

their care as well as themselves

VA Puget Sound offers training opportunities to learn from VA’s physician and dental faculty, who hold joint appointments with universities and the VA, in both clinical and research

settings.  We prepare health care professionals to meet the changing needs of the nation’s health care system.

VA Puget Sound provides unique preparation for future leaders in healthcare by providing hands-on mentored educational experiences (e.g., medical informatics, clinical simulation, etc.). 

Through creative partnerships, use of new technology, and innovative educational modalities, we promote and foster the highest standards of leadership, intellectual integrity, research, and

patient care.

VA advanced fellowship program in Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) with Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation (COIN)