Health Careers Camp to give students insight for career planning
Students and parents are invited to an information session at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10, in Community Rooms A and B at Reid. The application process and other details will be outlined and applications will be available with the details on requirements.
A physical therapist. A Registered Nurse. A Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician. Perhaps a Radiography or Laboratory Technologist?
The decision on a career can be a difficult one, but a camp coming this summer at Reid Hospital aims to make it easier. Health Careers Camp 2008 is being offered to area students June 16-20 or June 23-27 at Reid. The camp, sponsored by Reid, Indiana University East and Ivy Tech, will provide students with first-hand experience in the varied fields that make up health care.
Carrie Kolentus, director of Human Resources at Reid, said the camps offer a chance for area students to investigate possible careers in health care. "The health care field offers numerous other opportunities, beyond nursing, for students who might have different interests."
Kolentus said the camp is open to students who have completed their freshman year of high school. Other requirements include a minimum 2.0 GPA, a general interest in health care and parental consent. The camp is free, but students will go through an application and screening selection process.
The camp is divided into two, one-week segments. The session June 16-20 will deal with nursing and June 23-27 focuses on allied health. The camp will be from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Students can apply for one or both weeks, depending on their interests.
The camp is open to any high school students entering their sophomore, junior or senior year in the fall of 2008 or who graduate Spring 2008. Participants will be selected through an application process to fill a limited number of spaces in the camp, which is divided into two major areas – Nursing (June 16 – 20) and Allied Health (June 23 – 27). Students can apply for one or both weeks.
