Give your students the experience admissions committees want to see.
If you teach pre-health, pre-vet, or science courses, you know your students are preparing applications while they're in your class. Most international programs offer them a trip with a healthcare theme. CELA offers real professional access.
Hospital shadowing with practicing physicians in Athens, Greece and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Hands-on veterinary work with licensed DVMs in Belize, Greece, Thailand, and Costa Rica. Marine field research at active conservation sites. Community health work alongside local clinic staff. Students come home with documented hours, professional mentorship relationships, and experiences they can describe with specificity in essays and interviews.
Pre-Career Tracks
Programs by career path.
- 01
Pre-medical and PA
Pre-health clinical shadowing at hospitals in Athens, Greece and Chiang Mai, Thailand. 60+ documented clinical hours in a three-week program.
- 02
Pre-veterinary
Hands-on work with large and small animals in Belize, Greece, Thailand, and Costa Rica. Students assist licensed veterinarians in clinical settings, work with wildlife, and gain direct animal handling experience.
- 03
Nursing and public health
Community health nursing clinicals and global health fieldwork in Belize. Students work alongside local health professionals in real clinical settings.
- 04
Marine biology and conservation science
Marine fieldwork in Belize, Greece, Thailand, and Costa Rica. Reef surveys, conservation research, and field experience at protected sites.
- 05
Psychology and mental health
Emerging programs in Greece and Thailand exploring mental health systems and practice in an international context.
A faculty-led program through CELA lets you offer your students something their campus can't: international clinical and field experience with real professionals, documented hours, and mentorship from people working in the field. That's a differentiator for your department and for your students.
Design a pre-career program
Standards
The standards admissions committees look for.
Pre-med and PA
We follow the standards that admissions committees expect. Pre-med and PA programs align with AAMC guidelines: students observe under licensed physician supervision. They don't practice outside their scope. This is the ethical standard medical school admissions committees look for.
Pre-vet
Pre-vet programs follow AAVMC guidance: student duties match their skills and certifications, scope of practice is reviewed with supervisors, and all experience is supervised by licensed DVMs. The AAVMC is explicit that these standards apply to programs abroad, not just domestic experience. This is the framework veterinary school admissions committees evaluate when reviewing VMCAS applications.