TEEN HEALTHCARE INTERNSHIP®
2-Year Teen Healthcare Training & Education Pathways Program
Our Teen Healthcare Pathways Internship Program has four key components:
1. Health Careers & Medical Skills Training
2. Youth Leadership Development
3. Wellness Programs & Education
4. Academic Enrichment & College and Careers Counseling
We have many Success Stories!
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Press the Play button on the right to see a video of our students in action at our Thousand Oaks and Oxnard clinics
Of WFC’s 350 High School teens-in-training, annually, over 50% have family members who need WFC for their healthcare needs. Students work side-by-side with our medical professionals to provide medical, dental, vision, and preventive care for people who are low-income and uninsured in their community.
The students are assigned patients. For each patient they care for, they take their pulse, measure their respiration, measure their height and weight, take their temperature, and complete a patient history. They present the information to a nurse who makes sure the student is ready to present their patient to the volunteer doctor. The students advocate for their patient and make sure they get all the services they need at the clinic.
Students receive education and develop job skills through hands-on training and mentoring, attending healthcare field trips, participating in college and career counseling, participating in SAT/ACT training, and through job shadowing.
Students help with community outreach through health screenings and community engagement. Helping people in their local community allows the students to see the difference they make and the abilities they have as young people.
Student training includes clinic medical assistant skills, CPR/First Aid, grand round doctor talks at the end of clinic nights, leadership classes, HIPAA, and much more!
94% of our graduating teens are accepted to college, 70% are the first generation in their family to do so.
