High School Foundations Summer Internship

The Dartmouth Health High School Foundations Summer Internship Program is a paid summer healthcare internship for high school students who are about to start their junior or senior year and live near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Interns do paid work at the hospital and also get professional development, mentoring and hands-on learning. Over the summer, each intern works in two or three different hospital departments. Past host departments include perioperative services, the medical laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, supply chain and the blood donor clinic. Interns also join a cohort for workshops, mentoring and networking. The 2026 program ran full time, 30 to 40 hours a week, from June 22 to August 7. Interns attend Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH every week and arrange their own housing and transportation.

Open to students entering their junior or senior year of high school who live locally or regionally near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Applicants must be at least 16 by the start date, commit to 30-40 hours a week for all 7 weeks, and pass a pre-employment screening that includes background, drug and vaccination checks. For 2026, applications opened December 15, 2025 and were due March 11, 2026, and interviews were held in April.