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! Information about the 2022 summer program is now available. Apply Now.
Purpose
The Health Careers Institute provides opportunities for high school students to explore different areas of health care as a discipline. Participants have opportunities to interact with health care professionals including physicians, nurses, and research scientists.
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 includes health care professionals from the Dartmouth community, as well as colleagues from other educational and health institutions around the country.
Exploration
Participants are provided the opportunity to learn about various fields of health care. The areas students will explore range from public health, health policy, and direct health care (medicine, nursing, therapy, etc.) while providing them the ability to discuss with HCID faculty and their peers about what health care may look like in the future … and how they can potentially bring innovation into the current system.
Learning Activities
Classroom instruction, a team-based project, and dialogue with faculty and health profession students are all part of the experience.
College Immersion
Time is dedicated to teaching students about the college application, admissions, and student experience.
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
Lillian Emerson
HCID PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
lillian.emerson@dartmouth.edu(603) 646-1225
Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth
64 College Street, Room 312, HB 7253
Hanover, NH 03755
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