(KNSI) – CentraCare, the Minnesota Health Occupation Students of America chapter, and STEM Fuse are creating a regional education network.
It will help inform students up to 12th grade about what it means to have a career in the broad healthcare field. CentraCare Workforce Development Program Manager Karl Nohner explains what each organization is bringing to the table.
“The Minnesota HOSA and STEM Fuse are doing great work to make sure that students have opportunities for exploration. Minnesota HOSA in co-curricular student activity and advising and then STEM Fuse providing some free opportunities for schools that would like it to have access to some of their health science curriculum.”
Nohner says CentraCare will look to connect students who know what specific occupation they’re interested in with professionals already working in the healthcare system. That would give the students opportunities for a more immersive experience to better understand the demands of their future field of work.
Nohner says everything is aimed at answering one question.
“How do we make sure that our students have a great understanding of the kind of opportunities that are in their own backyard? We need good people getting into healthcare and this is just one of those ways that we hope to do so.”
Nohner says there are several other similar arrangements involving healthcare systems in other parts of the state. It is an attempt to reverse a growing shortage of workers in healthcare.
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