Lehigh Career & Technical Institute’s Emerging Health Professionals program is a perfect fit for rising high school seniors who plan to pursue careers in health care.

Made possible by the partnership of LCTI, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Penn State Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Health Network, this intensive, dual-enrollment program is designed to give students a head start on college and expose them to a variety of health care careers through job shadows, hands-on training and clinical study at facilities across the region.

Students who wish to apply for admission to the Emerging Health Professionals program must:

• Reside in a Lehigh County school district

• Be entering their senior year of high school

• Have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better

• Have completed biology and chemistry with a grade of B or better

• Have scheduled trigonometry or completed it with a grade of B or better

• Have a written recommendation from their high school guidance counselor or teacher

• Meet academic prerequisites for Lehigh Carbon Community College and Penn State Lehigh Valley

• Be able to provide their own transportation

For more detailed information:

• View the Emerging Health Professionals brochure
• View the Emerging Health Professionals FAQs flyer
• View the Emerging Health Professionals application process flyer
• View the Emerging Health Professionals webpage

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Students who wish to apply for the Emerging Health Professionals program should:

1. Review the Emerging Health Professionals program application process.

2. Tell their school counselor that they intend to apply for the Emerging Health Professionals program.

3. Complete the Emerging Health Professionals program online application.

4. Print the Emerging Health Professionals program letter of reference form and give it to their school counselor or science teacher to complete.

Remember, the online application must be submitted on or before the deadline of Friday, Jan. 5.

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Questions? Contact Ms. Trimmer at 610-799-1484 or trimmerj@mylcti.org.