Huggins Hospital offers a variety of educational opportunities for students either in high school or healthcare affiliated post-secondary educational programs. These opportunities consist of both clinical and non-clinical areas, and are supported through the Department of Human Resources.
Clinical Rotation Students & Medical Students interested in learning more about a variety of careers relating to healthcare or continuing their education in the healthcare field. Job shadow or observation students are not attempting to earn school credit hours and have no set amount of time in which to complete the program. It is up to the Department Director and Vice President to determine whether they can accommodate a job shadow or observation student, and to also limit the number of hours for this opportunity. Job shadow and observation students will have no direct patient care, cannot work with any hazardous equipment, and may not participate in productive work such as filing, clerical work, etc. The maximum time allowed for a job shadow or observation student is 12 hours
Process:
Human Resources is responsible for the regulation of students and has responsibility for the placement of clinical internships, job shadows and observation students.
Huggins Hospital is a non-profit community hospital that endeavors to offer the best of two worlds - the warmth and friendliness of a small town and the technical expertise of modern medicine. Located in Wolfeboro, NH, we are the preferred provider of primary, secondary, and specialty health care services in the region. Huggins provides medical services to the region’s year-round population of 30,000 residents and approximately 120,000 seasonal residents and visitors who come from all over the world to enjoy the Lakes Region and the communities of: Alton, Brookfield, Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Moultonborough, New Durham, Ossipee, Sanbornville, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro.
The hospital and our professional medical staff have a reputation for excellence in primary care, inpatient and outpatient surgery, medical imaging and diagnostics, gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, physical therapy, cardiac and occupational rehabilitation, and emergency services. The hospital also offers specialty services such as ear, nose & throat, urology, cardiology, audiology, and gastroenterology at the local community level.
At Huggins Hospital, we are part of the community we serve. We know that we can only achieve our mission by working collaboratively with our community to offer high quality, cost-effective care. We therefore enlist the cooperation and participation of our community as an indispensable resource in our efforts to improve community health status through our health and healing services.
