High School Students Get Hands-On Medical Training Through Program
The initiative is meant to expose interested students to career opportunities in the medical field.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Oceanside Students Get A Jump On Health Careers
Oceanside High School student Nixia Rodriguez tightened a rubber tourniquet around the arm of classmate Leonor Gonzalez on Wednesday, took a deep breath, and slid a needle into her classmate’s vein, preparing to draw blood. The exercise was part of the school’s Health Academy, a program that trains students in hands-on medical procedures to prepare them for potential careers in healthcare...The academy started with a state grant in 2000, said instructor and coordinator Debbie Foley. That funding allowed the school to develop a curriculum, and purchase costly equipment such as patient simulators that allow trainees to monitor heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs on a high-tech mannequin. (Brennan, 5/6)
In other news from across the state —
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
After SDSU Health Fee Went Up, Services Went Down
Before San Diego State University students voted to pay more for campus health care each semester, the health center employed 30 full-time managers and a support staff of almost 120 positions. Today, seven years after the election, Calpulli Center has 34 full-time management positions and a support staff of just over 84 full-time employees. The increasing number of managers amid a diminishing workforce comes as some students complain about services provided by San Diego State. Students say it can be hard to get an appointment and mistakes or misdiagnoses are too common. (Jimenez and McDonald, 5/8)
The Mercury News:
School District Want Parents To Talk ‘Birds And Bees’
Saratoga Union School District hosted a workshop Tuesday at the Redwood Middle School Library to assist parents in preparing for their conversations with their elementary and middle school students about sexual health. The meeting was the second of a two-part series of workshops to educate parents on new government-mandated sexual education and HIV-prevention education law, called the California Healthy Youth Act.The workshop was for parents to learn more about the program called Comprehensive Sexual Education and to establish themselves as their children’s main resource for information. The hope is that the parents can create an ongoing, age-appropriate dialogue with kids at any stage, and be able to initiate conversations and answer tough questions. (Miceli, 5/5)
