Clinical Health Summer Program
Clinical Health Summer Program (CHSP) is an important component of NC-HCAP. CHSP is a seven-week (40 hours a week) experiential learning opportunity held each year from May through June for underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students.
The 40-hour week salaried position consists of both clinical experiences in health care agencies and academic enrichment experiences provided by NC-HCAP Health Careers Centers. The program provides UNCP students with an opportunity to learn about the duties and responsibilities of a health professional and how a health care delivery system operates.
What Can I Expect From CHSP?
- Site placement: a 40-hour a week position in a health care agency under the direct supervision of health professionals in either medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, veterinary medicine, nursing, health administration or allied health.
- Health sciences seminars and special presentations
- Site visits to area health facilities and agencies.
- Interaction with many types of health care professionals
- A competitive stipend/wage
Write an:
- Autobiographical essay; an essay describing your summer experience; a research paper or develop a project based on your chosen health-related topic and present this information to chancellors and preceptors.
- Take five to ten photos depicting your summer experience.
- Some clinical sites require that CHSP participants receive the three-shot Hepatitis B vaccine series.
CHSP is designed to assist the student who:
- Is an UNCP undergraduate interested in pursuing an allied, graduate or professional health program?
- Has a minimum grade point average of 2.5?
- Is a member of a racial group underrepresented in the health professions?
- Is educationally or economically disadvantaged?
CHSP is right for you if you are serious about:
- Becoming a health care professional
- Improving your communication skills, science background and basic skills essential to professional training
- Deepening your understanding of different health care delivery systems and the variety of duties and services performed by health services personnel
- Enhancing clinical skills while earning money
CHSP participants from UNC Pembroke are placed in a wide variety of health care facilities and private practices. Past participating agencies include:
- Collins and Lowery Dentistry - Pembroke, NC
- Scotland Memorial Hospital - Laurinburg, NC
- UNC Health Southeastern - Lumberton, NC
- Robeson Pediatrics - Lumberton, NC
- Cole Pediatric Therapy - Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Pediatrics - Pembroke, NC
- Lumberton Children's Clinic - Lumberton, NC
- Southeastern Veterinary Hospital- Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Optometric Clinic - Pembroke, NC
- Baird's Animal Hospital - Lumberton, NC
- Allen Orthopedics - Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Veterinary Hospital - Pembroke, NC
To receive a CHSP application, email hcap@uncp.edu.
Final applications must be returned by February 24, 2025 along with the following items:
- One copy of college transcript
- Photograph
- Personal statement
- One letter of recommendation, preferably from a science faculty member
- Two faculty appraisal forms (provided by NC-HCAP) in addition to the recommendation letter, at least one from a science faculty member
- Identification of race/ethnic identity
- Site placement: a 40-hour a week position in a health care agency under the direct supervision of health professionals in either medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, veterinary medicine, nursing, health administration or allied health.
- Health sciences seminars and special presentations
- Site visits to area health facilities and agencies.
- Interaction with many types of health care professionals
- A competitive stipend/wage
Write an:
- Autobiographical essay; an essay describing your summer experience; a research paper or develop a project based on your chosen health-related topic and present this information to chancellors and preceptors.
- Take five to ten photos depicting your summer experience.
- Some clinical sites require that CHSP participants receive the three-shot Hepatitis B vaccine series.
CHSP is designed to assist the student who:
- Is an UNCP undergraduate interested in pursuing an allied, graduate or professional health program?
- Has a minimum grade point average of 2.5?
- Is a member of a racial group underrepresented in the health professions?
- Is educationally or economically disadvantaged?
CHSP is right for you if you are serious about:
- Becoming a health care professional
- Improving your communication skills, science background and basic skills essential to professional training
- Deepening your understanding of different health care delivery systems and the variety of duties and services performed by health services personnel
- Enhancing clinical skills while earning money
CHSP participants from UNC Pembroke are placed in a wide variety of health care facilities and private practices. Past participating agencies include:
- Collins and Lowery Dentistry - Pembroke, NC
- Scotland Memorial Hospital - Laurinburg, NC
- UNC Health Southeastern - Lumberton, NC
- Robeson Pediatrics - Lumberton, NC
- Cole Pediatric Therapy - Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Pediatrics - Pembroke, NC
- Lumberton Children's Clinic - Lumberton, NC
- Southeastern Veterinary Hospital- Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Optometric Clinic - Pembroke, NC
- Baird's Animal Hospital - Lumberton, NC
- Allen Orthopedics - Lumberton, NC
- Pembroke Veterinary Hospital - Pembroke, NC
To receive a CHSP application, email hcap@uncp.edu.
Final applications must be returned by February 24, 2025 along with the following items:
- One copy of college transcript
- Photograph
- Personal statement
- One letter of recommendation, preferably from a science faculty member
- Two faculty appraisal forms (provided by NC-HCAP) in addition to the recommendation letter, at least one from a science faculty member
- Identification of race/ethnic identity
CHSP Testimonials from Participants
CHSP helped solidify my vision of becoming a dentist and gave me the clarity and experience I needed
Auley Abudayya
2025 CHSP Member