Summer Health Care Intern Program

This program brings students and health-care employers together, giving students experience in a health-care environment and employers the opportunity to become more involved in their community. Participating hospitals, medical clinics, nursing facilities, home-health agencies, assisted-living residences and physicians employ students between Memorial Day and Labor Day for six to 12 weeks for at least minimum wage.

Hospitals need to apply by April 19 Any Minnesota hospital, nursing facility, medical clinic, home-health agency, assisted-living residence or physician can participate in the SHCIP by completing this application by April 19, 2010. MHA will contact all applicants to establish a grant agreement. This brochure provides additional information: [PDF]

For students:

What kind of experience will I receive?
You may work in only one department or rotate through various departments. You are not expected to perform duties not associated with the health care industry such as mowing lawns or general maintenance.

Am I eligible?
You must have completed either your junior or senior year of high school and must intend to complete graduation requirements. Or, you must be a post-secondary student enrolled in a Minnesota educational institution or be a resident of Minnesota enrolled in an out-of-state program. Post-secondary students must be enrolled, or plan to be enrolled, in a two- or four-year health care degree program, with the intention of completing the program.

I'm interested in participating. Whom do I contact?
Your first step is to call human resources departments of facilities participating in the SHCIP. (Visit this page after March 12, 2010 for a list of this year's participating facilities.) This brochure [PDF] provides additional information.

For hospital employers:

What is the Summer Health Care Intern Program?
This program brings students and health-care employers together, giving students experience in a health-care environment and employers the opportunity to become more involved in their community by raising awareness of the importance of students to enter health-care careers.

Participating Minnesota hospitals, medical clinics, nursing facilities, home-health agencies, assisted-living residences and physicians employ students between Memorial Day and Labor Day for six to 12 weeks for at least minimum wage; up to half of the intern's hourly wages will be reimbursed.

How can employers participate?
Any Minnesota hospital, nursing facility, medical clinic, home-health agency, assisted-living residence or physician can participate in the SHCIP by completing this application by April 19, 2010. This brochure provides additional information: [PDF]. Minnesota Hospital Association will contact all applicants to establish a grant agreement.

Funding for this program is provided through a contract with the Office of Rural Health & Primary Care, Minnesota Department of Health. It is administered by a group of stakeholders comprised of hospitals, nursing facilities and home health representatives.