Health, Exercise & Rehabilitative Sciences Internships & Practicum
The HERS Department prioritizes hands-on experience, which is why we incorporate internships and practicums into our programs.
Our students take part in numerous internship and practicum experiences every year, preparing them for the variety of careers and graduate school programs.
Movement Science
Movement Science majors complete 100 hours of practicum experience.
You will complete a 40-hour practicum in your second year as a Movement Science major, where you’ll be shadowing a professional working in your desired career field.
During your final year, you’ll complete a 60-hour practicum through Winona Survivors Unite in Exercise (WSUE). Through this experience, you will help cancer survivors improve their strength, endurance, flexibility, and overall wellbeing.
By the end of this practicum, you’ll be familiar with the effects of cancer on a patient’s physical health and have real-life practice creating custom exercise plans and conducting physical assessments.
You’ll complete a 600-hour clinical internship prior to graduation.
This intensive field experience will give you hands-on, faculty-supervised practice with a variety of target populations and at different regional workplaces.
Our students are well-prepared after graduation, which is why our graduates are in-demand at clinical sites across the Midwest.
In addition to your internship, you’ll complete a 100-hour practicum through Winona State’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program.
Through this program, you’ll design rehabilitation exercise programs for community members who have chronic heart, lung, and other metabolic conditions.
Community members gain a supervised rehabilitation plan aimed at improving their health and overall well-being.
You’ll also practice your clinical diagnostic testing skills by performing stress tests, EKGs, and cardiovascular assessments.
All Public Health majors will complete a 600-hour hands-on internship before you graduate.
Students have interned at Mayo Clinic, local county health departments, a variety of clinics, and more. We’ve even had a student intern at a religious congregation as a Spiritual Ecologist.
This field experience will give you supervised practice with a variety of populations, health needs, and program development.
In addition to your internship, you’ll complete 64 practicum hours in the community.
Your practicum allows you to job shadow and gain experience in developing and promoting health education programs.
Students has completed their practicums in data entry, community outreach, health education, nutrition specialists, and more.