Experiential opportunities provide students with a great opportunity to explore career interests with a variety of employers.
Experiential opportunities are career exploration activities in which a student is placed at a community business or medical facility and paired with an employee, observes the workday of that employee, interacts with clients or customers, and attends meetings and other appointments with the person they are working with. Experiential opportunities are designed to help students explore a field of interest while developing skills and building occupational knowledge.
This program is open enrollment, there is no deadline.
Opportunities occur over most of the workday, are conducted at the workplace, and provide the opportunity for the student to ask questions of the person being shadowed throughout the day. While most opportunities are conducted over the bulk of the workday, variations exist, including allowing a student to rotate through a number of different departments over a number of days.
We currently accept high school or college students.
As part of the larger New York State AHEC System, NAHEC is one of nine centers in the State of New York offering statewide capacity for addressing healthcare workforce needs. NAHEC serves Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton counties. The NYSAHEC System is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Award titled Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program (U77). The content and information is solely the responsibility of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
