LVHN Health Care Futures Program

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The LVHN Health Care Futures Program was created to give students a full perspective of the health care field. As a future health care professional, you’ll gain basic medical knowledge and the essential skills you’ll need for a successful career in health care.

Experience Your Future in Health Care

If you dream of becoming a health care professional and have an interest in learning about entry-level career opportunities, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s (LVHN) Health Care Futures Program is for you. The internship program was designed to provide high school students with a comprehensive view of the health care field. We invite you to watch and hear directly from the LVHN leaders who served as mentors and the students who participated, sharing their experiences and insight!

Your Future in Health Care

Over six amazing weeks, you will learn what it’s like to be a health care professional at LVHN. You will rotate through departments at an LVHN hospital, learn from mentors and health care professionals firsthand, participate in activities and gain insight into a career in health care. Your experience will include:

Health Care Futures: Comprehensive exposure

Comprehensive exposure – You will rotate through three foundational roles within the hospital, gaining exposure to the daily responsibilities, challenges and achievements of health care professionals.

Mentorship – You will have the opportunity to receive one-on-one mentorship from department leaders during your initial week at each new department. These experienced leaders will guide and support you throughout your journey within the department.