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Council highlights youth apprenticeships and employer liability as barriers to placing under‑18 students in clinical roles
Summary
Council members heard HOSA student findings and training-fund apprenticeship models and discussed employer hesitancy driven by liability, HIPAA and age rules. Presenters urged pilot employer partnerships, clear WAC guidance and regional messengers to ‘myth-bust’ obstacles and expand rural access.
Council members discussed concrete models for youth apprenticeships and the operational barriers employers cite when considering under‑18 students for clinical placements.
Carrie Perkins, a medical anthropologist and qualitative researcher with the Department of Health, summarized feedback gathered with HOSA students and advisers. She said three themes dominated student accounts: hands‑on, relational exposure mattered most; mentorship and trusted adults navigated opportunities; and structural and financial barriers—age restrictions, pay‑to‑play programs and rigid course sequencing—blocked access for…
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