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School to Careers Program at Altru.

Student Opportunities

Altru Health System is proud to provide a variety of career exploration opportunities to students in our community. Each year, Altru offers more than 10,000 clinical hours to students in advance practice programs, provides clinical placement to more than 400 undergraduate students, and welcomes more than 300 volunteers in a variety of healthcare settings.

Shadow healthcare professionals for 2–4 hours and participate in a career observation experience, exploring real roles across clinical and non clinical areas. Open to individuals ages 16+.

Start Your Shadowing Journey

Before you begin, please keep these requirements in mind that are included in the request form:

  1. You must be 16 years of age or older
  2. During the influenza season (August-April), you’ll need to share your influenza vaccination status. Have this information ready before you submit your request.
  3. Ready to begin? Submit your Career Observation Request Form: Career Observation Request Form
  4. Review the Career Observation Orientation Packet to prepare for your shadowing experience.

Opportunities offered at Altru: 

  • High School Summer Internships - Hands-on, School-to-Career Internships for high school students during summer break. Applications are open March 1st. Visit our careers page to find available internship opportunities.
  • Junior Volunteer Program - High school students can gain healthcare career experience by volunteering throughout our organization. Great for building skills and exploring careers. Visit the volunteer page for more information about this program.
  • The Scrubs Camp - A fun, hands-on spring camp where students explore healthcare careers through activities led by industry professionals. Email learning@altru.org for more infomation.

Post-Secondary School Students

Opportunities offered at Altru:

  • Student Volunteer Program allows students to gain healthcare career experience by volunteering throughout our organization. Visit the volunteer page for more information about this program. 

To take advantage of our internal career exploration opportunities, visit the careers page to see available positions.

A current academic affiliation agreement must exist between Altru Health System and the school’s program for placement to be considered.  

All student requests must be placed in the Student Access and Placement Portal.  This request must be at least 2 weeks prior to the clinical rotation starts. We welcome requests made in advance! 

What the portal does:

Our Student Access and Placement Portal is the central system for managing all student placements. It stores essential details—such as student names, programs, majors, and experience dates—and allows schools to submit requests for rotations or other learning experiences. Our team uses the portal to track each request and approve or decline placements, keeping the entire process organized and efficient. When a placement is approved, the portal also initiates EHR access for students, ensuring they are set up and ready for their experience.

School Representative Responsibilities:Altru Clinical Education Responsibilities:
Ensure all requests are entered into the portalMonitor all requests and accept or decline rotations accordingly
Ensure student education is complete prior to the clinical rotationAssign student education 2-3 weeks prior to rotation start date
Email learning@altru.org with questions Assist the school representative with questions that arrive.

Student Access and Placement Portal Tips

  1. Accessing the portal for the first time. Start with the first 5 questions. 
    1. Once completed, a new section for student/instructor information will appear.
  2. Choose the correct role
    1. Make sure you select the right option- student or instructor- because these accounts are set up differently. 
  3. Submit the request
    1. APP or Nursing Practicum Students: You can only enter information for one student per request.
    2. Undergraduate or other students: you may submit a group request if all students share the same similarities such as school, major, placement areas and timeline. See instructions within the portal for uploading a spreadsheet with all this information. 

Steps to request a rotation:

  1. School representative submits rotation requests in the Student Access and Placement Portal on behalf of the student. *Applying does not guarantee placement, as demand for rotations often exceeds availability. Placement is prioritized for: 
    1. Altru Employees (and possibly years of Altru service) 
    2. The schools’ proximity to Altru locations within ND and the surrounding states 
    3. Retention potential 
  2. Upon receiving application, Clinical Education will set up rotations on behalf of the student. Altru requires that potential preceptors are not contacted directly. 

Altru Health System – Advanced Practice Provider Deadlines

SemesterRequest submitted by:Notification By (Approval or Decline):Student Accept By (Confirm or Decline):
FallMay 1May 30July 1
SpringSeptember 1September 30November 1
SummerFebruary 1February 28April 1