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Health Careers Exploration for Students

Looking for an exciting and dynamic career? Health care offers hundreds of rewarding, in-demand careers. Rural areas of Minnesota especially need trained health care workers, so if you're passionate about rural living, choose a health care career and make a difference in your community.

Rural health educational opportunities

Minnesota AHEC offers short-term and ongoing activities, like job shadowing, trips to the U, summer camps, and clubs, all focused on exploring primary care health careers. Get first-hand knowledge of what it takes to work in the health professions.

Health care is among the five largest industries in Minnesota and is projected to be one of the fastest growing industries nationwide.

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Opportunities vary by region. Click on your home region on the map to find out about specific opportunities just for you!

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Learn more about health careers

The University of Minnesota Health Careers Center (HCC) is a central resource for the latest information on careers healthcare. The HCC provides profiles of different types of health careers, pre-requisite courses, admissions criteria and strategies on being a successful applicant to the University of Minnesota health professions schools.

Visit our Resources page for more information on health careers exploration.

Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professions cooperative agreement # 1U76-HP00599-01 funded through Title VII of the Public Health Service Act.


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