Portsmouth Regional Hospital (PRH) welcomes 14 interns for its second Healthcare Career Exploration Program for area high school and college students. The seven-week paid internship will give students the opportunity to shadow and be mentored by professionals in various healthcare roles by giving each student rotations throughout the hospital. Rotations will include two weeks on an inpatient unit; two weeks in surgical services, the emergency department, or trauma; and three weeks in ancillary services such as the lab, imaging, outpatient therapy, and quality.
“This is our second year hosting high school and college students as part of this internship, and it was such a huge success last year that this year we expanded it to Parkland Medical Center, our sister facility in Derry,” said Dean M. Carucci, market president of HCA Healthcare – New England, and chief executive officer of Portsmouth Regional Hospital. “In this program, students will be able to work in various departments throughout the hospital, giving them exposure to a future career in healthcare.”
In addition to the clinical and administrative rotations, each intern will be assigned a leadership mentor who will give them a hospital-based project to work on throughout the summer, which they will present to administration on the last day of the program. Various staff members also will talk to the students about career opportunities in their respective fields and personal career paths.
In order to be accepted into the program, student applicants had to submit an essay detailing their career aspirations and why they are interested in this internship, provide two letters of recommendation, and complete a formal interview with members of the hospital leadership team.
Students who have been accepted into the program and will be interning at Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s Healthcare Exploration Program this summer are*:
Elijah Bernstein of Hampton
Junior, University of New Hampshire
Henry Dangora of Exeter
Senior, Exeter High School
Hannah Evans of Hampton
Junior, Winnacunnet High School
Jordana Grossman of Exeter
Freshman, The Newman School
Lauren Guerrette of Weare
Sophomore, University of New Hampshire
Gemma Hopkins of York, Maine
Sophomore, Boston College
Zosia Kobylinski of Rye
Sophomore, Virginia Tech
Brianna Machado of Acushnet, Massachusetts
Sophomore, University of New Hampshire
Steven Nguyen of Dover
Freshman, Great Bay Community College
Luke Parish of Hampton Falls
Junior, Winnacunnet High School
Luisa Pelletier of Dover
Sophomore, Dover High School
Stella Pillet-Shore of Durham
Sophomore, Oyster River High School
Jillian Richmond of Portsmouth**
Junior, Portsmouth High School
Aiden Stambulskiy of Woburn, Massachusetts
Junior, Boston College High School
*Most recent year of school completed
**Jillian Richmond was recently named the winner of Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s Frist Humanitarian Award – Volunteer