Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth

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!The 2021 Health Careers Institute will be offered virtually from June 28 through July 2, 2021. The number of students accepted to the program will be limited and the application process highly competitive. The 2021 pilot virtual program will be offered to New Hampshire students ONLY. The online application is now live. The curriculum is currently under development.

 

Purpose

The Health Careers Institute provides opportunities for high school students from New Hampshire 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. The virtual program format will be case-based with each day offering a different patient and health care system.
 

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 in a case-based cohort structure 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

Virtual 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.
 

COVID-19 Updates

We want to extend our sincere hope that all of you and your families are safe, healthy, and comfortable given the pandemic circumstances we are living in.