Victoria College helps area students explore health careers
VICTORIA – A handful of high school students and recent graduates gave up fun in the sun to spend four days discovering health careers in Victoria.
Ten students from Goliad, Refugio, Austwell-Tivoli and Gonzales attended the annual Health Careers Exploration & Observation Days event. The event is geared toward students who participated in a year-long health careers class at their school, according to Jody Sanders, senior program coordinator for the Texas Area Health Education Center East - Victoria Region.
“Our focus for this school year was to provide students in our rural areas who may not have specialty clubs or organizations with the opportunity to network with like-minded students who want to enter health professions,” Sanders said. “These students met once a month at their respective schools to learn about health careers and the healthcare industry. The culmination of the year is attendance at the Health Careers Exploration & Observation Days event so they can meet students from the other schools and experience four days of healthcare learning together.”
Sanders said the students explored Citizens Medical Center and DeTar Navarro and were exposed to the educational programs offered at Victoria College and the University of Houston-Victoria.
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[font color=green]The outreach is needed in an area of the state that lacks health services.[/font]
