There are no doctors closer than 8 hours away?
Your D can get patient exposure in many ways besides flying 8 hours. She can volunteer at a Hospice. She can volunteer at a homeless shelter-- many of the people served there have complicated medical conditions they are trying to manage. (Imagine being diabetic, high blood pressure, and no home, irregular meals…) She can get a paid job at a doctors office answering the phone, filing, restocking supplies (i.e. a clerk or receptionist). She can volunteer to do sports clinics with disabled kids, teach arts and crafts at a center for kids with Autism, become an aid at a stable which specializes in adaptive horseback riding for people with a wide variety of limitations. These aren’t fancy positions, but they will give her a much more realistic look into what patient care is all about than what kids see on TV. And they don’t have the same issues that “shadowing” does- many patients will not give permission for a HS student to be sitting in the examining room when they see their doctor. I will not- I choose not to discuss side effects of medication I am taking with a 16 year old- who lives in my town, who I see at the local library occasionally.
So let your D figure out how to get actual, close up experience with actual human beings with medical needs. That’s step one. Volunteering is great. If she can’t handle being around vulnerable people, that’s a good sign that she needs a different career focus for now!!! Her guidance counselor at school likely has a list of organizations in town that are eager for volunteers.
Is she good with computers? Nursing homes LOVE volunteers who can come in to help the residents learn to Zoom with family members, or retrieve the lost email password!!!