Jessenia Amaro
Lead of Grants (Aug 2022–Sept 2023) → PharmD, Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy.
Pre-Health Shadowing (PHS) • What we do
Free, virtual shadowing and mentorship that opens healthcare for everyone.
Pre-Health Shadowing (PHS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit launched in 2020 to remove geographic, financial, and network barriers to exploring healthcare careers. We host live, interactive sessions with physicians, researchers, public health leaders, and allied health professionals—backed by verified certificates, reflection, and leadership pathways for students from high school through pre-clinical years.
Key facts
Scale, diversity, and learning at a glance
We reach students across all 50 U.S. states and internationally with verified, flexible learning.
74K+
Students served (U.S. & 40+ countries)
400+
Hours of virtual shadowing on demand
194K+
Session views
135
Specialties & professions represented
52.3%
MD/DO/ND speakers (by type)
7.5%
Pharmacists
6.9%
Physician Assistants
8%
Researchers
Program features students love
Live + recorded access
Interactive sessions with Q&A plus recordings for flexible schedules.
Certificates & hours
Verified attendance, reflective prompts, and hours tracking.
Leadership tracks
Student-led operations, outreach, research, and marketing roles with KPIs.
Institutional value
What your school gains
Complement your existing pipelines with low-lift programming and measurable outcomes.
Measurable impact & ROI
Each term we return clean, institution-ready metrics — reach, persistence, equity, and outcomes.
- .edu attribution and program tags
- First-gen & Pell-eligible breakouts
- NPS, skills, and intent-to-apply signals
Faculty uplift — not extra lift
PHS runs the logistics, moderation, and async follow-ups so faculty can focus on teaching and scholarship.
- Speaker concierge & slide support
- Consent, recording, Q&A management
- Post-session micro-reflections & resources
Diversity & rural reach
We remove access barriers with flexible, virtual programming and inclusive speaker rosters.
- Global access; time-zone friendly cadence
- Intersectional speaker representation
- Structured leadership pathways
Academic alignment
UME and CPD — clear lanes, shared outcomes
Distinct offerings for each domain, interoperable reporting back to your institution.
Pre-med preparation
High-structure virtual shadowing, mentorship circles, and reflective practice mapped to AAMC core competencies.
- Shadowing hours with verification
- Mentor office hours (faculty & residents)
- Health equity & professionalism modules
Undergraduate leadership
Student leadership tracks (Operations, Outreach, Research, Marketing) with resume-ready deliverables and faculty-advised projects.
- Project charters & KPIs
- Teaching & peer-mentoring roles
- Letters, badges, and micro-credentials
Faculty development & recognition
Design low-lift teaching & mentoring moments that count. We supply artifacts for educator portfolios.
- Teaching evaluations & engagement analytics
- Scholarship of teaching & learning briefs
- Co-authored reflections (with PHS ops support)
CPD alignment
Co-develop micro-CPD activities (journal clubs, case debriefs) with dissemination through your OME/CPD channels.
- Credit-eligible designs (institution-determined)
- Faculty-led thematic series
- GEA/CPD community integration
CPD can also host PHS students on data/QA projects, advising analysis of reflections, surveys, and outcome dashboards to build scholarship and support program evaluation.
Outcomes & reporting
Impact metrics your dean and GME office will care about
Delivered each term: participation, equity, persistence, skills, and early career indicators — attributed to your institution.
Term report (PDF + CSV)
Institution-tagged reach, attendance, completion, reflection themes, and equity breakouts.
Faculty artifacts
Speaker summaries, engagement heatmaps, qualitative feedback, and scholarship-ready excerpts.
ACGME-aligned support
- Resident/Fellow & Faculty Surveys: PHS provides session-level participation and climate indicators that programs can use alongside annual ACGME surveys to monitor learning environment quality and identify early non-compliance signals (administered each year Jan–Apr; minimum survey response thresholds apply for faculty cohorts).
- Annual Program Evaluation (PEC): Exportable metrics and reflection themes to inform PEC discussion items and longitudinal CQI tracking.
- Scholarly activity & SoTL: CPD/UME faculty can convert PHS learning artifacts and data projects into education scholarship domains (e.g., curriculum/assessment development, QI/PS initiatives, reviews/commentaries).
- Reduced reporting burden: Where ACGME has streamlined faculty scholarly activity collection, PHS packages evidence that supports the new scholarship questions and local dossier needs.
Note: Programs remain responsible for entering data into ADS and meeting all ACGME requirements.
Student outcomes
From interest to impact — alumni journeys
Leadership experiences translate into acceptances and roles across the health ecosystem.
Caroline Haidinger
Management Team (Dec 2020–Mar 2022) → PA-C graduate, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Leslie Quezada
Lead, Onboarding (Nov 2020–Apr 2021) → RN graduate, CSU Fullerton.
Barbara Gano
Board Member (Sept 2020–Aug 2021) → M1, McGovern Medical School (First-generation).
Matthew Crosse
Finance Dept. Head (Dec 2020–Aug 2023) → M2, Rush Medical College.
Brandon Noorvash
Professional Outreach (Oct 2020–Jan 2021) → M2, Western University.
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Leadership pathways
Undergraduate & medical student leadership — with artifacts
Roles with clear scopes, KPIs, and mentorship — producing evidence committees can review. CPD units can also host students and advise analysis of data and surveys to build scholarship and program evaluation capacity.
Operations Lead (UG/Med)
Own session logistics, quality checks, and post-session assets. Deliver a shipped-work portfolio.
10–15 hrs/moOutreach Lead (UG/Med)
Recruit speakers; coordinate with departments; build equitable topic coverage. Track outreach funnel.
8–12 hrs/moResearch & Data Fellow (UG/Med/CPD)
Co-analyze reflections and outcomes; draft short SoTL briefs with faculty oversight. CPD faculty can supervise survey design/analysis and translate findings into QI/PS and education scholarship.
5–8 hrs/moAdvisory board
Guided by seasoned medical education leaders
Our advisors inform rigor, inclusion, and institutional fit.
Dr. Sunny Nakae
Advisor • Medical education, DEI leadership, student success.
Dr. Elise Barney
Advisor • Curriculum, assessment, and faculty development.
Dr. Christina Tran
Advisor • Clinical education & community partnerships.
Let’s co-design your UME × CPD partnership
Right-size a pilot, uplift faculty, and receive institution-ready metrics that matter.