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Meet the 2025 Healthcare Immersion Program Coordinators: Rachel Chen and Sheila Teker

4/1/2025

 
We’re excited to announce that two inspiring alumni of our Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP), Rachel Chen and Sheila Teker, will serve as this year’s program coordinators!

Both Rachel and Sheila bring deep curiosity, compassion, and leadership to their roles—and they know firsthand what it’s like to walk in the shoes of HIP students.

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Apply now for our 2025 Healthcare Immersion Program!

3/19/2025

 
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If you or a student you know is thinking about a career in healthcare, now is the time to take the next step. Jackson Orthopedic Foundation’s Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP) is accepting applications for our 2025 session, running from July 7 to August 1.

This four-week program is designed to give students real-world clinical experience by shadowing healthcare Bay Area professionals across multiple specialties. From surgery observation to direct patient care, HIP provides an inside look at what it means to work in healthcare.
Learn more and apply

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Thank you 2024 preceptors!

7/31/2024

 
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Our annual Healthcare Immersion Program wouldn't be possible without the support of our preceptors -- our wonderful Bay Area healthcare providers who generously offer their guidance and wisdom to our students exploring future health career options.

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Welcome HIP Class of 2024!

7/10/2024

 
We're excited to welcome the 2024 class of our popular Healthcare Immersion Program. The summer program offers college students a unique experience exploring possible healthcare career options by shadowing Bay Area clinician preceptors as they treat patients.

This year's program runs July 8 to August 2.

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College students: apply now for our 2024 Healthcare Immersion Program

6/10/2024

 
Healthcare Immersion Program applications close June 21
Our popular summer Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP) is back! HIP is is a great way for college students to explore possible healthcare careers, all while shadowing various health fields while shadowing experienced providers (preceptors) as they treat patients.

Based in Oakland, California, our 2024 program runs July 8-August 2.
Applications are now open. Deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, June 28. 🎓🩺

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Welcome HIP class of 2022!

7/12/2022

 
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Our summer Healthcare Immersion Program is now underway. We're excited to introduce our seven students -- a brilliant group of young people with diverse interests and aspirations for a future career in healthcare. Our 2022 program runs through August 5. 

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Thank you, Preceptors!

7/27/2021

 
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Our summer Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP) is in full swing -- and our college students are enjoying the experience of learning about health career options by shadowing clinicians. It’s those volunteer clinical professionals who make our program work, and we want to thank them all here:

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Welcome HIP class of 2021!

7/15/2021

 
Class of 2021 Healthcare Immersion Program
We're excited to introduce our class of 2021, who recently began our summer Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP). This unique program provides college students with a unique, clinical immersion experience in healthcare as they shadow real healthcare providers (preceptors). As in 2020, we've modified the program a bit to accommodate COVID-19 health and safety protocols.  As always, our students will only be observers in low-risk outpatient, orthopedic, elective care. and classroom settings.

This year's students are: Nicole Marquez, Sarah Ortiz, Cameron Thollaug, and Caymus Smith-Pierce. Our new program coordinator is 2020 HIP alum Mahnoor Yousuf.

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Meet our HIP Coordinator, Mahnoor!

5/18/2021

 
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We’re excited to announce that Mahnoor Yousuf is again supporting our Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP) as a Coordinator.

If Mahnoor’s name seems familiar, it’s because she was Coordinator for the 2021 program, and was a student in the 2020 HIP program. She is a graduate of UC San Diego having majored in biochemistry and cell biology, with a minor in global health. She's currently applying to medical schools.

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Well done Healthcare Immersion Program class of 2020!

8/31/2020

 
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We're happy to share that our six-week, summer Healthcare Immersion Program for 2020 was a success! Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, we were able to modify the program to include both in-clinic observation and online study to make it as engaging and informative as possible for participants, organizers, and preceptors alike. 

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • History
    • Team
    • Healthcare Immersion Program
    • Get involved
  • Earn CEs
    • Online courses
    • Live courses
    • Hybrid courses
    • Orthopedic Primary Care >
      • Orthopalooza-2-Day-Workshops
      • OPC FAQs
    • Dolores Beanland Nursing Scholarship >
      • Scholarship application
  • Donate
    • Donate monthly
    • Donate once
    • Kathleen A. Geier Scholarship
    • Meet our donors
  • Canes Annual Gala
    • Sponsor Canes
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