Student Placement Services – Ball Memorial, Blackford, and Jay

Many different areas of the hospital are available to students who would like to shadow or complete an internship. For a specific list of areas, please fill out the Job Shadow or Internship Application Request.

The length of time will vary depending on the number of applications pending and department activity. We will try to accommodate as many requests as possible while maintaining patient care as our number one priority and providing quality experiences for students. Please expect to wait up to 2-3 weeks.

All shadowers and interns are required to submit the initial paperwork. If there is a lapse in time of more than one month between your student experiences, you will need to resubmit a new set of paperwork. If your placement moves to another department within the hospital without a lapse, you will not need to fill out new paperwork.

TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any part of your body, but they usually attack the lungs. TB is spread through the air from one person to another.

The two-step Tuberculosis Skin Test (TST) is an antigen used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. A healthcare worker can give you the TST (formerly PPD Series). The healthcare worker will inject a small amount of testing fluid (called tuberculin) just under the skin on the lower part or your arm. You may have a small bump where the tuberculin was injected. After 2 or 3 days, the healthcare worker will measure this bump and tell you if your reaction to the test is positive or negative. A positive reaction usually means that you have a latent TB infection not TB disease. If you have a positive reaction to the skin test, your doctor or nurse may do other tests (Example: a chest x-ray) to see if you have TB disease. Because the TB bacteria may be found somewhere besides your lungs, your doctor or nurse may check your blood or urine or do other tests. If you have TB disease, you will need to take medicine to cure the disease.

IU Health’s Employee Health Services department requires a two-step series (the process mentioned above must be completed twice) or a one-time blood draw that can be conducted at Concentra: 4125 W Clara Lane, Muncie, IN.

Documentation of the TST must be provided (it must include the date and exact time it was placed and the date and exact time it was read), and this will be counted as the first step. A second step TB will be required.

Yes, all shadowers and interns are required to meet all the immunity requirements that are listed on the Immunization History Form.

MMR is the combined vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella and is usually a childhood vaccination. It is known as the safest way to protect children and adults against these diseases.

Rubella – commonly know as German measles or 3-day measles – is an infection that primarily affects the skin and lymph nodes. It is caused by the rubella virus (not the same virus that causes measles), which is usually transmitted by secretions from the nose or throat.

This is a blood test to determine if a person has antibodies for the chicken pox disease in their system. A positive Varicella IgG means the individual is not susceptible to Chickenpox (Varicella) disease because they have previously had Chickenpox disease.

It is caused by the hepatitis B virus that attacks the liver. The virus is transmitted through blood and infected bodily fluids. This can occur through direct blood-to-blood contact, unprotected sex, use of unsterile needles, and from an infected woman to her newborn during the delivery process.