Healthcare Career Day 2009

Healthcare Career Day 2009 was held at Kids Unlimited on October 9th. Nearly 100 students from Jackson and Josephine County high schools attended the event. Students participated in four stations that allowed them to learn about a variety of healthcare careers through hands-on activities. The following healthcare fields were represented: acupuncture, blind education, diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, massage therapy, medical laboratory, nursing, pharmacy, phlebotomy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, sports medicine, and wilderness medicine.

AHEC-SW would like to thank the following for their involvement in and contribution to the event:

Our Planning Committee

Grants Pass High School HOSA, Mercy Flights, RCC EMS Department, OHSU School of Nursing, Providence Medford Medical Center, Rogue Valley Medical Center

Our Station Presenters

• AMR Reach and Treat Team (Wilderness)
• Jackson County Physical Therapy
• Mercy Flights
• Middleway Medicine
• OHSU School of Nursing
• OIT Respiratory Therapy Department
• Providence Diagnostic Imaging Department
• RCC EMS and Massage Therapy Departments
• Rogue Valley School of Phlebotomy
• RVMC Medical Lab & Informatics and Pharmacy
• SOESD Program for Vision Impaired
• SOU Athletic Training Department