Summer Health Program for Central Students

BATON ROUGE — Central community students will again have the opportunity this summer to participate in the AHEC of a Summer program for at least 50 hours of job shadowing practicing health care professionals.

The program will be offered at Our Lady of the Lake College and will be a collaboration of Central Louisiana AHEC (CLAHEC), Our Lady of the Lake College, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

Those students chosen to participate will spend five weeks observing health care professionals in action. Participants rotate through different departments in local hospitals and medical facilities as well as attend workshops and field trips to gain insight into the varied occupations available in healthcare.

The AHEC of a Summer program will give students a chance to explore health career opportunities through observation and hands-on experience as hospital volunteers.  The student participants will observe the “team approach” in a medical facility, patient care, job readiness skills, volunteer service, and post-secondary education requirements for health careers.

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive one half high school elective credit. The application deadline is March 1, 2012.

Any student who is currently in the 9th, 10th, or 11th grade, has a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher, and is interested in pursuing a health career is encouraged to apply.

Applications and program information are currently available at local high schools in the Guidance Counselor’s office, or they may be downloaded at www.clahec.org.

More information about the program may also be found on the website, or call the Baton Rouge CLAHEC office at 225-757-9845.