HCIS Internship Facts for Host Sites
JCCC is committed to ensuring each HCIS internship provides a valuable experience for both the student and the host site.
Our Students
JCCC’s HCIS students are typically highly motivated, well prepared, mid-career students transitioning into health IT. They often have a computer science background and need healthcare IT education and experience, or they have a clinical background and wish to transition into healthcare IT. Most have undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees.
Internship Details
- Academic and credit-based
- Unpaid
- 40-60 hours over 6-8 weeks
- Virtual, on-site or hybrid
- Fall semester internship: fourth week of September through November
- Spring semester internships: fourth week of February through April
Attestation or Documentation Provided
- Immunizations
The HCIS internship requires students to present up-to-date documentation on the following immunizations, per CDC guidelines:
- Current TB
- Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR)
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus (Td or Tdap)
- Influenza (flu) vaccination
- Covid-19 vaccination (if requested)
- Any additional immunizations required by host sites
Internship Process
Interns are matched to host sites based on interest, experience and location. Host sites will approve the potential intern. A completed internship application, résumé and work schedule preferences will be provided for your review and consideration. Host sites may interview the prospective intern if desired.
Internship Components
HCIS internship experiences vary from host site to host site. Any experience within healthcare IT involving the EHR meets the requirement for an HCIS internship. The internship can be a shadowing/observational experience or a work experience in any department related to Health Information Systems. Essentially, any professional healthcare IT exposure is beneficial to interns.
Questions
Please contact Nan Abbot, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Information Systems, Nabbot@JCCC.edu