Milwaukee Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Community Health Internship Program

The Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) 2004 is available for college students during Summer 2004.

Application form in PDF.  
Application form in MS Word.

Each student will work closely with a participating mentor on a community health project related to one of the following:  medicine, laboratory, nursing, social welfare, oral health, environmental health, mental/behavioral health, and health information and/or research.  In addition, all of the trainees will participate in scientific seminars and workshops.

Wisconsin Express
2005 Dates TBA

Information on the 2004 program

Application form for 2004

FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

HOSA
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
HOSA is a Career and Technical Student Organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Occupations Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education. 

HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA's goal is to encourage all health occupations instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HOE-HOSA Partnership. 

HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in health occupations education programs. HOSA is 100% health care! Membership in HOSA is restricted to health occupations students. 

For information about how to become a HOSA member, contact:

Jane Heibel State HOSA Advisor Department of Public Instruction 125 South Webster St., PO Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841 Phone: (608)266-2347 Fax: (608)267-9275 Jane.Heibel@dpi.state.wi.us

Kathy Trotta Program Assistant Department of Public Instruction 125 South Webster St., PO Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841 Phone: (608)266-2347 Fax: (608)267-9275 Kathleen.Trotta@dpi.state.wi.us

School to Work 
School to Work program
Skills for the Future, Wisconsin's School-to-Work system, is a partnership, centering on students that involves parents, educators, employers, labor and local, state and federal governments. The main components of School-to-Work are: 1) career exploration, 2) School-based learning, and 3) Work-based learning.  For more information, link to their website at

Youth Apprenticeship 
Youth Apprenticeship program  
Youth apprenticeship is a two-year elective program that combines academic and technical classroom instruction with mentored on-the-job learning for high school students.  Hands-on learning at the job site is combined with classroom instruction to help students make the connection between school and the world of work.  Students may apply for the program through a local participating high school if they are on target to graduate or have achieved junior standing in a public or private secondary school.  

Health Services related instruction focuses on:
    * Health Facility Operations/Fundamental Client Care
    * Direct Hands-On Client Care
    * Therapeutic Services
    * Diagnostic Services

For more information about the Health Services Youth Apprenticeship, contact your local School-to-Work coordinator, high school principal for information, the Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association at 608-274-1820, or the Division of Connecting Education & Work, PO Box 7946, Madison, WI 53707-7946 (608-261-6538).

BIONET 
BIONET, a dues-free, statewide sharing network that links K-12 educators throughout WI with each other and with biology education resources.  BioNet's activities are clustered into twelve geographic regions, each coordinated by a team of teachers who serve as regional directors.

Career Searching
Career Centers in Wisconsin 
The Department of Workforce Development's Career Center web page offers a five-step career plan, guiding you from awareness and assessment to exploration, selection, and application.  You can also link to each of the eleven career centers which help youth all across the state with career planning.

Collegeview
The CollegeView® Career Center is designed to help you get your career on track, and to provide you with the tools to start planning your future--use it to locate career opportunities, determine what fields are growing and which ones are shrinking, write your resume and cover letter, shine in a job interview, and negotiate salary and other aspects of a new career. 

Resume Tutor
Here is an interactive workbook on how to compose an effective resume.

Job Searching
Wisconsin Job Service
Find jobs anywhere in Wisconsin.

Health career students need general education courses of some type in their programs of study.  The two-year UW Colleges have courses on-line and students can also apply on-line.