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Technical Skills Internship
Resources for employers, educators, and students participating in a technical skills internship program for high school students
What is a technical skills internship?
Through a technical skills internship, students practice patient care skills they’ve learned in the classroom directly with patients under the supervision of a qualified health professional.
This is a great way for employers to help students excel and become fully productive members of a care team and for students to get hands-on experience working directly in patient care.
Although many of the included materials are adaptable to different occupational paths, this segment of the toolkit is tailored to technical skills internships in Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Medical Assistant (MA) learning paths.
The Ready for Healthcare Technical Skills Internship Toolkit materials cover:
internship program basics and logistics
internship goal-planning and preparation
core competencies and technical skills for CNA and MA tracks
reflection, student self-assessment, and employer assessment of interns
next steps and takeaways
Download some or all of these resources in the following section.
Curricula, Tools & Materials
The Technical Skills Internship Activity Toolkit includes:
an employer guide outlining internship basics, criteria, preparation, best practices, and logistics
additional tools for employers hosting interns, including lists of core competencies and skills to be developed, assessment tools, and sample internship descriptions
tailored educator guides for the CNA and MA tracks, including learning objectives and plans for guided activities that students complete throughout the course of the internship
tailored student packets for the CNA and MA tracks
resources for educators / program coordinators conducting site visits to employers and progress check-ins with students
Each tool is available as an editable Microsoft Word .docx file. You can download all of the resources as a compressed .zip package or as individual files.
Preparation & Planning
General Employer Guide for Clinical / Technical Skills Internships
Interview Guide and Evaluation for Employers
Pre-Internship Site Visit Form for Educators / Program Coordinators
Considerations When Working with High School Students
Certified Nursing Assistant Track
Educator Guide for CNA Technical Skills Internships
Student Packet for CNA Technical Skills Internships
Profile of Workplace and Industry Skills for CNA Track Students
CNA Internship Outline and Skills Checklist
Medical Assistant Track
Educator Guide for MA Technical Skills Internships
Student Packet for MA Technical Skills Internships
Profile of Workplace and Industry Skills for MA Track Students
MA Internship Outline and Skills Checklist
Other Tools
Educator-Student Check-In Form
Site Visit Form for Educators / Coordinators (NYACH)
Evaluation Survey
NYACH’s Ready for Healthcare initiative was funded as part of JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills for Youth initiative.