Thirty lake-area students experienced the excitement of health care careers firsthand during Lake Regional Health System’s annual Career Camp, held July 9-10 at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach.
The students, ages 10 to 14, learned about nursing skills, rehab therapies, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, surgery and respiratory therapy.
They also learned about topics such as patient confidentiality, infection control, CPR, first aid, professional schools in Missouri and scholarship opportunities available through Lake Regional Health System.
Students received informational and study materials in advance and were quizzed on their knowledge at the conclusion of the camp. They also were evaluated on their aptitude for a career in health care to help them determine their options.
“Knowing what you don’t want to be is just as important as knowing which job you want,” said Billye Bennett, R.N., camp director. “The camp shows students a variety of health care career options that they otherwise might not have known about.”
A panel that included a dietitian, social worker, exercise physiologist, pharmacists and others discussed their roles at Lake Regional, as well as educational and training requirements for their positions.
A student provided the following evaluation of the experience: “Career Camp helped me make a (career) decision by giving me more choices and showing me what I could do.”
Students were awarded certificates at the conclusion of the two-day program.
Lake Regional Health System provides comprehensive health care services to the residents and visitors of the lake region.
The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a past recipient of the Missouri Quality Award.
Lake Regional Health System also operates primary care, urgent care, specialty and rehab therapy clinics, retail pharmacies and home health services throughout the lake area.
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