Clinical Rotations in High School and its Impact on Future Careers in Healthcare

There is a major shortage in the healthcare industry today that has been further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, there is an additional issue regarding collegiate education. Additionally, 75 percent of American college students start college without an understanding of the major they want to pursue in their collegiate education. Other studies have identified the correlation between the experiences and perceptions of high school students during their clinical rotations, the correlation with the factors impacting the experiences of Medical students during their mandatory clinical rotation hours, and its impacts on specialty choice. I used data from various outpatient clinics in Chapin SC, in which various healthcare professionals (ranging in profession) took my survey. I looked at the similarities between the responses from the participants who said yes they had taken clinical rotations, and with the ones who said no; I looked at their responses to the question “If you didn’t take clinical rotations do you wish you had, why or why not?”. My findings of these responses, within the survey and the interview, indicate that there is a correlation between taking these rotations and careers in healthcare, and those who didn’t take these rotations wish that they had the opportunity to due to their benefits to what major to pursue and what career they are interested in.