Health Careers Exploration Summer Institute (HESI) is a three week summer institute providing high school students the opportunity to discover if they are interested in a healthcare career. The program runs from July 9th-July 26th and is comprised of 15 north state high school students, 16 years old or older, from the following high schools: Corning, Enterprise, Foothill, U-prep, Red Bluff, Shasta, Central Valley, Anderson New Tech and West Valley. Each day students spend time in the classroom with Tom Safford, the Medical Pathway, Medical Biology, and Medical Anatomy and Physiology instructor at West Valley High School. Students also have required, nightly homework. Throughout the program students will job shadow hospital departments, explore various careers, participate in clinical rotations and interact with health care professionals. On July 26th from 5:30-8:30 at the Red Lion Hotel in Redding the students will give a final presentation highlighting their experiences at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) and Mercy Medical Center. The program is hosted by Shasta College. Students will receive 1 credit from Shasta College for their active participation in the summer institute.
HESI is sponsored by Shasta College, Shasta Regional Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center, the Health Workforce Initiative, and the Career Pathways Trust Grant. For more information contact Tom Safford at tsafford@auhsd.nett 530-591-9197 or Chelsea Hendershot at chendershot@shastacollege.edu 530-242-7638
