High School Student Programs

Parkview experiences and learning opportunities for high school students

Parkview offers many opportunities for high school students to explore their interests in healthcare-related fields. With job shadows, apprenticeships, clinicals, observations and more, students can find the program that fits best with their goals and dreams. Diving into different clinical or non-clinical roles before starting college is a great way to kickstart any career or discover which fields could be a good fit.

FutureREADY program

Parkview’s FutureREADY program allows high school students to explore different career paths while fulfilling a semester long internship at school. This program is ideal for students with a general interest in healthcare, but who want to try on several options. Once enrolled in FutureREADY, you will select your areas of interest from a provided list of departments then the Parkview Education Services team will place you in six, week-long observations. From those six observations, you will then identify your top areas of interest where you’d like to spend the remainder of the semester. This allows students to have a variety of experiences as well as gain insight into potential career paths.

If you already know your career path or feel confident in your choice, read about our internship program below.

Program highlights

Allows you to explore different career options while fulfilling a semester-long internship at school
Ideal for high school students who have a general interest in health careers, but have not found their chosen career path yet
Allows students to have a variety of experiences while gaining more insight into potential career paths

Duration

15 weeks or one semester

Compensation

Unpaid

Clinical or non-clinical

Both options available

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High school student job shadows and observations

Duration

Job shadows: 1-8 hours in a single day
Observation: 1-8 hours per day for multiple days, up to one week

Program highlights

Best for individuals wanting to view an environment and are still exploring a chosen career path.
Ideal prior to enrolling in a specific certification or degree program.
Brief and hands-off but allow students to get an idea of what it’s like to work in a specific role or department.
Offered for a variety of roles from clinical to non-clinical.
Students can participate in as many job shadows or observations as they choose.
Must be requested a minimum 60 days in advance of desired shadow/observation date(s).
Available year-round, including the summer.

Compensation

Unpaid

Clinical or non-clinical

Both options available

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High school student internships

High school student clinicals

Duration

Based on school/educational program requirements (typically several weeks or a semester)

Program highlights

Clinicals are for individual and cohort/groups and are a requirement for a certification or degree program.
Students enrolled in a healthcare degree or certification will be required to complete hands-on training in a clinical setting.
A clinical can be assigned to a department or to an individual preceptor.
Clinicals can be in inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Students are assigned by location preference and availability.

Compensation

Unpaid

Clinical or non-clinical

Clinical

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Student Nurse Program

Our Student Nurse Program offers options for beginning nursing students as well as those who are nearing graduation and ready to transition into the nursing field.

Learn more

For questions or further assistance, please contact the Student Services team at students@parkview.com.

Requests may be submitted by a school or the student. Requests are reviewed and placed according to the timeline provided in the link. Placements are prioritized for Parkview co-workers who are students at regional partner schools; students at regional partner schools; Parkview co-workers who are student at non-regional schools; and then any other students at non-regional schools. Parkview Health must hold an affiliation agreement with the school in order to host students for a learning opportunity.