(Oct. 25, 2024) – The Kansas Board of Regents has partnered with the Kansas Hospital Association to launch the Kansas Health Care Micro-Internship Project. This grant-funded project allows students currently enrolled in any Kansas public community or technical college, and high school students at least 18 years old and completing one or more dual or concurrent enrollment courses, to apply to KHA for a "micro-internship." The student will complete various objectives and work with a local health care organization to interview someone working in health care. Next, they will create a social media post or PowerPoint to promote awareness of health care careers.
Kansas Health Care Micro-Internships are short-term, paid assignments designed to increase student awareness of the rewarding health care career opportunities available throughout the state, including the new apprenticeship programs initiated by the Kansas Department of Commerce and facilitated by the Kansas Hospital Association. These KMI projects also benefit health care providers who want to increase their talent pipeline.
Students must complete the online Agile Work Profiler, six short online Skillsline micro-lessons and an informational interview with a KHA member who will share a current challenge in their organization or facility. Students can then research and prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation or social media posts on how health care professionals address that challenge. The final requirement will be completing a short reflection essay on how the KMI project has influenced their consideration of a health care career.
Students will be provided sample questions to ask during the interview along with a PowerPoint or social media template to help guide their projects, which they can showcase to future employers. KHA will also offer other potential KMI projects that provide additional exposure to different health care pathways that can also benefit Kansas health care providers.
This KMI project is estimated to take 20 hours, and the student will be paid $360. Please contact Jaron Caffrey if you have any questions or receive inquiries regarding a micro-internship without being connected through KHA.
--Jaron Caffrey