Not sure how far north of the city you are, but there is a great Pre-Med volunteer program at St Mary Medical Center in Langhorne (Bucks county, northeast from the city...about 45 min, with moderate traffic...easy access from highways). The program is centered around shadowing. You have regularly scheduled hours in the ER and OR; once a week on Monday nights you have a 'lecture' with a doc from a different specialty, where you have the opportunity to ask any questions, and generally hear about his/her work and anything you'd like to know about medicine, school, etc. Then you can set up time shadowing any of those docs in the ancillary departments if you're interested. The program is SO flexible. I think you'd defintiely be able to do it with a 9-5 job, although you might find yourself very busy depending on when you do your ER shifts ( you can do them on the weekends though). There's a minimum number of hours, but it wasn't difficult to meet at all. I think I ended up with almost double the requirement. Still, it's a great opportunity that doesnt get much publicity (which I think might be a good thing)...it's basically a summer of "see whatever you'd like in the hospital." If you're interested I'll send you the contact info for the program.
