HEALTHFORCE MINNESOTA WEBINAR RPS, RCTC

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HEALTHFORCE MINNESOTAWEBINAR RPS, RCTC Mayo
Clinics Business-Education Partnership
Health Science Careers Center May 12, 2009
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Presentation Journey

• Early Years of K-12 Career Education
• An Education Partnership is Born
• From Medical Careers to Health Science Careers
  Center (HSCC)
• Partnership Roles
• What is the HSCC Doing Today?
• What is the HSCC Planning for Tomorrow?
• Lesson Learned
• Shared Focus revisited
• Questions

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The Early Years of Career Education

• Recruitment Strategies
• List of Programs
• Flying Wedgeprogram philosophy

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Recruitment Strategies - Career Awareness Programs

• Initiated in 2001 as a response to changing
  workforce demographics and research into
  perceptions by area students of Mayo as a career
  option
• Imperative to commit resources to assist students
  with career exploration to help assure adequate
  supply of qualified health care professionals in
  the future
• Emphasis on education and industry partnerships
  to promote career exploration/confirmation by
  students
• Supported by leadership as long term investment
  essential to future recruitment success

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Career Awareness Program Design

• Offer range of program experiences from 6th grade
  through early college
• Programs for younger students focus on developing
  awareness of career options, emphasizing study
  habits and stimulating interest in science and
  math classes
• Programs for grades 10-12 focus on above as well
  as affirming choice of planned major in college
  or career
• Students required to do some prep work to qualify
  to participate in programs to assure a focused
  audience has been well received by teachers,
  parents and students
• Website for more info www.mayoclinic.org/careeraw
  areness

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Mayo Clinic Career Awareness Program

• Current Program Offerings (or offered)
• E-Mentoring
• Advanced E-Mentoring
• Career Speaker Program
• Career Awareness Website/Brochure
• High School Student Visits
• Mayo Clinic Career Observation Program
• Mayo Clinic High School Mentorships
• Mayo Clinic Work-Study Program
• Youth Apprenticeship Program
• HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)
• Health Care Career Festival
• Teacher Externships

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Mayo Clinic Career Awareness Program Program
Structure

• 6th Grade
• E-Mentoring
• 7th - 10th Grade
• Career Speaker Program
• Career Awareness Website
• High School Tours
• 11th - 12th Grade
• Career Speaker Program
• Career Awareness Website
• Healthcare Career Festival
• Careers Observation (MC-COP)
• HOSA programming
• Advanced E-mentoring
• Work-Study Program
• High School Tours
• Youth Apprenticeships
• HS Mentorship
• College
• Healthcare Career Festival

Awareness
Confirmation
College
11th-12th grade
7th - 10th grade
6th grade
H.C. Careers Festival Career Awareness
Website Summer Employee Brown Bag Seminars Career
Services Relationships On-Campus
Activity Membership in College Associations Studen
ts on Mayos Campus
Career Speakers Website H.C. Careers
Festival MC-COP HOSA Adv. E-mentoring Work-Study H
igh School Tours Apprenticeships HS Mentorships
Career Speakers Career Awareness Website High
School Tours
E-mentoring
Other Tools Teacher Externship Special
Department efforts
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An Education Partnership is Born

• A Cup of Coffee
• Building a Partnership/Examples

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A Cup of CoffeeShared Focus

• Regular Meetings for Relationship/Career
  Education Development
• Everyone tends to bring an agenda
• We had to trust each other
• Shared Focus Students
• Mayos mission The Needs of the Patient Comes
  First
• The Needs of the Students Comes First
• Our Resources
• Teachers
• Mayo Clinic employees and medical knowledge

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Building a Partnerships

• Why?
• Foundations for success multiply resources
• Favorable environment for continuous improvement
  different views
• Specialization of skills expertise of each
  partner
• BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DO THIS ALONE

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Building Partnerships

• Signs of an effective partnership
• School and business representatives know each
  other on a first name basis
• Regular communication open and respectful
• Members of the partnership ask each other to
  serve on committees
• School administration solicit input from business
  partners before major decisions
• Business members are active in the school
• Each partner believes it receives as much as it
  gives

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Previous Examples of Partnerships Developed

• Annual Health Care Career Festival
• High School Mentorships
• High School Apprenticeship
• Faculty externship for credit
• Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)

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From Medical Careers to the Health Science
Careers Center
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Medical Careers

• What is it?
• Class offered to Century, JM, Mayo
• Curriculum Career Exploration, Anatomy,
  Physiology, Terminology, First Responderand more
• Nursing Assistant State Approved Program
• 3 classes per dayeach class is 98 minutes
• Full year class two semesters
• Facts about Medical Careers
• of students 04 60, 05 90, 06 120
  (however student being turned away each year)
• Class ran 30 - 40 diverse (School runs
  27-28)
• HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)
  activity
• Daily class work
• State Level Conferences

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Health Sciences Career Center The Rationale

• Rochester Public Schools career awareness class
  annually at risk at budget time
• Very popular class and considered essential to
  make local students aware of health care careers
  in general and promote Mayo as employer of choice
• Opportunity to expand program from a weekly two
  hour class to a half day curriculum including
  science and math classes
• Broaden focus from Nursing Assistant training to
  full spectrum of allied health care career fields

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Health Science Careers Center (HSCC)

• Partners Rochester Public Schools, Rochester
  Community and Technical College, and Mayo Clinic
• Objective To maximize community resources that
  will allow the medical careers program to expand
  to meet the needs of the students and the growing
  demand for medical professionals
• Focus What is best for the students all
  partners have used this as the lighthouse
  knowing that their individual benefits will
  surface in the end
• Mayo Benefits developing relationships with
  local and diverse students (future applicants),
  better prepared students for post-secondary
  (careers available and requirements), and
  community relations

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Rochester Public Schools

• 15 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and 3
  high schools serving 16,000 students
• of employees2,148
• Advanced Placement courses, Honors courses, Tech
  Prep College Credit opportunities (to name a few)
• Off Campus Career and Technical Education
  Programs Health Science, Auto Mechanic and
  Electronics Technology

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Rochester Community and Technical College

• of students4,230 full-year equivalent
  enrollment
• of employees580 employees (160 full-time
  faculty and another 200 adjunct)
• of Programs51 Academic Programs of Study
• RCTC affiliations with Mayo School of Health
  Sciences CVIS, CNT, Radiography and Surgical
  Technologist

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Partnership Roles

• Rochester Public Schools
• Instructors and Administration
• Curriculum development
• Student management
• Program Marketing
• Rochester Community and Technical College
• Curriculum advisement
• Post Secondary articulation opportunities
• Mayo Clinic
• Funding for the classroom/lab space
• Funding for educational equipment
• Curriculum advisement

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Shared Focusa view from one of our Partners

• Lisa Rozman/Dawn Buttera Gregor, Bonnie Barnett
  and Rick Stirn
• Our team of front line people who provide that
  direct service to our focus

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Facility Layout
Approximately 11,000 square feettotal commitment
is around 1.3 million including construction,
classroom furniture, medical equipment and
technology equipment
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What is the HSCC doing today?

• Created curriculum for Introduction to Health
  Science Careers, Therapeutic Medicine, Pharmacy
  Tech., and Biomedical Science
• Students enroll in one semester of the Intro. to
  Health Science Careers and the second semester
  they choose a pathway
• Pathways available
• Biomedical Science Therapeutic Medicine
• Nursing Assistant Pharmacy Technician

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Curriculum

• Aligns with the National Health Science Standards
• Includes units in Health Systems, Teamwork,
  Employability Skills, Legal and Ethical Issues,
  Human Structure and Functions, HOSA activities
• Weekly guest speakers who are professionals/studen
  ts in health science careers are a wonderful
  addition

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• Students learning about careers that exist in
  Pharmacy from Mayo Clinic professionals

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• Students learning about a career in Occupational
  Therapy from U of M-Rochester OT
  students

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HOSA Health Occupation Students of America

• HOSA events offer an opportunity for students to
  gain stronger teamwork, leadership, and
  communication skills.
• Events are integrated into our curriculum and
  students compete in competitions throughout the
  year.

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Fall Delegate Assembly- November 2008

• 13 members from the Rochester HOSA chapter
  traveled to St. Cloud in November and
  participated in two days of leadership training.

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Observations

• Students can complete observations in a variety
  of Health Science Facilities throughout the
  Rochester Community
• Examples include
• Gold Cross/EMT
• Mayo Clinic
• Nursing/Assisted Living Homes
• Fire Department
• Dental Clinics
• Zumbro Valley Mental Health
• Veterinarian Clinics
• Prosthetic Laboratories

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Community Service Projects

• Students are involved throughout the community by
  volunteering.
• Some of the places our students have assisted at
  include
• Salvation Army
• Food Shelf
• Humane Society
• United Way
• Womens Shelter

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What is the HSCC Planning for Tomorrow?

• Adding more pathways such as Emergency Responder
  while improving current pathways
• Students receiving Tech Prep credit for medical
  terminology
• Offer more state and nationally recognized
  certifications
• Strengthen our current partnerships while
  continuing to create new ones
• Continue to increase enrollment in the program
  and in HOSA
• Increase the number of students volunteering
  throughout the community

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Lessons Learned

• Teacher Licensure
• Department of EducationMinnesotas Independent
  School District
• Curriculum Development
• Full-time Administrator
• Transportation
• Funding Challenges
• Marketingcompetition for students
• Tracking/Measurements
• CNA Clinicalsexpanded partnership needed
• It is not possible attitude

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Our FocusOur FutureOur Students

• There is the business side but there is also
  the passion side
• Make a differencestop grumbling or fix it
• Our youth need inspiring

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Thank you!Rick Stirnristirn_at_rochester.k12.mn.u
sBonnie Barnettbobarnett_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
Dawn Buttera Gregordabutteragregor_at_rochester.k12
.mn.usLisa Rozmanlirozman_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
Guy Finne finne.guy_at_mayo.edu

• Questions?