Medical Education Bachelor's Intern

2026 Summer Intern

FLEXIBLE: This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working at the following address: 99 S. Oakland Ave. (4th Floor), Pasadena, CA 91101

Job Summary:

Under supervision assists in the provision of information, maintenance of databases, report production and routine data analysis. Work is reviewed for completeness, accuracy and soundness.

Desired Majors:

Liberal Arts, Public Health, Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology

Department Description:

KPSOM-s Assessment and Evaluation (A&E) team, part of the Office of Medical Education, leads the design, implementation, and improvement of learning assessment and curricular evaluation for the medical school. The team manages programmatic assessment, supports course-level learner assessments, develops assessment tools. They also oversee curricular evaluation by producing course evaluation data to support curriculum review, CQI processes, faculty teaching evaluation, and administrative oversight of the learning environment. In addition, the team has been developing and maintaining assessment and curricular evaluation dashboards since the school opened in 2020.

The Office of Medical Education (OME) at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is responsible for ensuring curricular excellence through oversight of curriculum integration, instruction, assessment, and evaluation across the four-year medical education program. In addition, OME manages simulation, educational technology, library services, faculty development, accreditation, and ongoing quality improvement initiatives related to the curriculum.

Project Description:

The intern will allocate their time equally between assessment and evaluation projects.

For assessment, potential projects include:

- Developing a heat map, a visual tool that illustrates how frequently key skills are assessed across courses throughout the academic year. This involves reviewing and organizing course materials into the heat map format to enable efficient verification of assessment data for completeness and balance, as well as identification of areas requiring further attention.

- Support annual student promotion by reviewing student performance data for completeness and proper integration into the performance dashboard prior to faculty review; conducting quality checks on both quantitative and qualitative data; preparing materials for faculty to facilitate the review process; and generating committee summary reports outlining the review procedure, member decisions, and justifications regarding student outcomes.

For curricular evaluation, potential projects include:

- Conducting course evaluations for one or two courses including revising survey items in the online survey platform (Qualtrics), monitoring student completion rates, and developing summary reports within Qualtrics.

- Preparing data for trend analysis on assigned course evaluation and graduating student survey data administered in the last three years or so from quantitative and qualitative sources using Qualtrics and Co-Pilot.

In addition, the intern will support the Assessment and Evaluation team in compiling assessment and course evaluation data, as necessary, to support the annual curricular review.

Desired Skillsets:

- Proficient in Excel or Google Sheets (sorting, filtering, basic formulas)

- Strong attention to detail; able to follow instructions

- Skilled at reviewing documents and extracting information

- Basic knowledge of survey design, data management and descriptive statistics (frequencies, mean, median, standard deviation) a plus

- Familiarity with online survey tools, project management (Asana), and/or AI platforms (e.g., Co-Pilot, Chat GPT) a plus

Job Summary:

Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, youll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.
• Report development and analytics.
• Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.
• Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.
• Job shadowing in other functional areas.
• Performing additional duties as required.