The Rural Health Experience (RHE) is a 3-5 day program that lets undergraduates in all health professions observe rural health care providers at work.

Are you exploring health care careers? Would you like to learn more about how health care is delivered in rural communities? Apply to complete a Rural Health Experience!

The experience includes shadowing professionals in a variety of hospital departments, such medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, as EMT/ER, social work and behavioral health, public health, and laboratories; shadowing at clinics and/or health departments. The program may include meetings with administration and observations of inter-professional team meetings.

Twelve hospitals across Illinois are hosting RHEs this year.

Learn more and apply now