The Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth provides students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 with opportunities to explore health careers and, of course, have fun!
Application is currently available here
Purpose
The Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth provides opportunities for high school students to explore different disciplines that contribute to the health care system. Participants have opportunities to interact with professionals working within the health care system such as: physicians and other direct care providers, research scientists, public health and health policy professionals.
Who Should Participate?
Typical Health Careers Institute participants have expressed interest in working in health care and want to know more about clinical and non-clinical health careers and what to do next to help narrow their focus or pursue their dreams.
What the Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth Offers
Outstanding Faculty
The faculty at the Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth includes health care professionals from the Dartmouth community, as well as colleagues from other educational and health institutions.
Exploration
Participants are provided the opportunity to learn about various disciplines and types of settings where health care is delivered. The areas students will explore range from direct health care (medicine, therapy, medical research, etc.), to public health and health policy. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and have a robust dialog with presenters, HCID faculty and their peers about health careers and explore what the health care system may look like in the future … and how they can potentially bring innovation into the system.
Learning Activities
Classroom instruction, a team-based research project, and dialogue with faculty and health profession students are all part of the experience.
College Immersion
Students live in a dorm on Dartmouth College campus during their time at Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth. In addition, time is dedicated to open discussion around the college application process.
Explore More:
I met a lot of people that I feel will make good connections in the future. The mentors were so knowledgeable and truly helped.”
-HCID Participant
GET IN TOUCH
Kristina Fjeld-Sparks
Program Director
Kristina.E.Fjeld-Sparks@Dartmouth.edu
Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Williamson Translational Research Building, Level 5
One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
The Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth is offered by The New Hampshire Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Kristina Fjeld-Sparks, MPH, Director
New Hampshire Area Health Education Center (NH AHEC)
Health Careers Inst. at Dartmouth (HCID)
Clinical Placements Project
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice