2026 Applications will open on December 15, 2025!

Are you interested in working in healthcare, but aren’t sure where to get started or what you want to be? Are you curious about the many different career pathways and wonder what would be the best fit for you?

The Dartmouth Hitchcock High School Foundations Summer Internship Program combines paid work, professional development, mentoring, and experiential learning into a robust summer experience. It is our goal to spark a lasting interest in the many career pathways available in the healthcare industry while also offering you the opportunity to practice important workplace skills.

During your internship experience, you will work in host departments across the institution, getting the chance to perform a variety of tasks and gain an increased understanding of how a healthcare organization runs. In addition to your work experience, the internship program provides a professional development curriculum to help you develop the critical competencies of communication, teamwork, problem-solving, self-development, empathy, work ethic, and initiative. Growing and developing these important skills will help you stand out as a meaningful contributor wherever your future career takes you. As part of a cohort, you will participate in a series of workshops for personal and professional development, mentoring, and networking opportunities.

Our rotational internship model provides you the opportunity to work in 2-3 different departments throughout your summer experience. This helps you gain a broader perspective of the many people, skills and roles that come together in the care of patients in our community and the opportunity to explore different environments first-hand.

Departments interns have previously work in include:

Internship placement decisions are based on multiple factors including your interest and host department availability.