Healthcare Externship Placement Guide

This downloadable guide explains how ACT’s Guaranteed Externship Placement Program connects students with real clinical environments across the country. Learn what externships include, what skills you’ll build, how to prepare, and what supervisors expect from you. It also highlights the key advantages of externships—hands-on patient care, professional development, mentorship, networking, and career readiness. Here's what you'll discover in this guide:

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How externship placements work & how ACT supports you

What to expect on-site: hands-on patient care experience, networking

Skills you’ll build in real clinical settings: professional development & soft skills

Student Success Stories

Discover how our externship placements complement the clinical learning experience for learners like you.

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The externship placement team matched me with a clinic that aligned perfectly with my career goals. The providers I worked with even wrote me reference letters.

Jessica L.

Medical Assistant Alum

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The externship was the best part of my training. It brought everything full circle—skills, confidence, and clarity about my future in healthcare.

Jason W.

Patient Care Tech Alum

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My ACT externship gave me hands-on patient care experience that helped me land my first job. I felt prepared, confident, and supported from day one.

Hassan V.

Pharmacy Tech Alum

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