UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy & Junior Doctors Academy
A multi-week summer healthcare career-exploration program run by UCSF Fresno for Central Valley high school seniors from partner school districts, combining mentorship from health professionals, hospital and clinic shadowing at VA and community facilities, and personal-development workshops.
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UC Davis Health Summer VolunTEEN Program
An 8-week summer volunteer program (6-week minimum commitment) placing high school students in UC Davis Health hospital and outpatient departments such as Patient Transportation, Radiology, and Neuroscience Specialties to explore healthcare careers.
FACES for the Future at San Francisco
A school-year academic program at John O'Connell and Mission High Schools pairing SFUSD juniors and seniors with public-health and clinical internship placements (Health Scholars and Public Health Youth Corps pathways), workshops, and professional certifications to build a pipeline into healthcare careers.
HEAL Internship Program (Alameda Health System HealthPATH)
A clinical-rotation workforce internship for Oakland high schoolers at Alameda Health System's Highland Hospital, exposing students to fields like emergency medicine, pediatrics, and nursing, with elective school credit and a stipend or scholarship for successful completers via the OUSD partnership.
FACES Summer Medical Academy (Samuel Merritt University)
A two-week, in-person summer program at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland exposing high schoolers (15+) to medicine, nursing, and allied health through clinical skills training, anatomy workshops, and patient simulations, with certifications in Stop the Bleed and opioid overdose intervention.
Hands-On Health (Ridgeline Pathways)
A free four-day, in-person healthcare exploration program for low-income 11th and 12th graders in Contra Costa County focused on nuclear medicine and medical imaging, culminating in a $400 completion stipend and held partly at the Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences.
John Muir Health Young Healers High School Internship Program
A job-shadowing and career-exploration internship for high school juniors and seniors from partner Contra Costa school districts, offered as a 6-week spring session or 2-week summer session at John Muir Health facilities.