Health Professions Pipeline

COPE Health Solutions offers both internship and scholarship opportunities to individuals interested in pursuing careers in health care.

Our unique internships provide unprecedented direct patient care experiences in clinical settings. Our internships are designed to allow pre-health professionals to interact directly with health care professionals and to explore potential career opportunities in allied health, nursing and medicine.

For High School Students: Red Shirt Internship (Individuals 16-18 years of age)
A pre-health internship designed to offer high school students exposure to health careers under the guidance of a mentor in a clinical setting.

For Aspiring Health Care Professionals: Clinical Care Extender Internship (Individuals 18 years of age and over)
A hands-on clinical internship that allows participants to experience direct patient contact. Interns rotate among different clinical and administrative departments in a health care setting while working alongside health care professionals as members of the patient care team.

For Nursing and Allied Health Students: Health Professions Scholar Program
COPE Health Solutions and its partner health care employers recognize the challenges that staff and students face with pursuing professional health care educational goals. Whether your goal is to become a nurse, respiratory therapist or other allied health professional, the Health Professions Scholar Program may be able to help!

For Foreign-Trained Health Professionals: Health Professions Re-entry Program
The Re-entry Program for Foreign Trained Registered Nurses is designed to assist U.S Residents/Citizens holding a nursing degree from a foreign country with re-entry back into the nursing profession to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.