Medical professionals are hoping to cultivate studnet’s interest in sciences with the goal of generating a desire to consider the medical field as a career option.
Greenville High School Medical Pipeline Team held a luncheon Wednesday in honor of the partnership with Delta Regional Medical Center, Pafford Emergency Medical Services and Coahoma Community College.
The medical pipeline is a program that introduces the students to health science careers. The program exposes young people from diverse backgrounds to career opportunities that help students envision themselves in health sciences surroundings.
Dr. Janice Page, Superintendent of Greenville Public School District, is a proponent of the medical pipeline.
“The medical pipeline exposes our students to the medical field,” Page-Johnson said. “ The intent is to give students opportunities, exposure and the confidence to be successful in pursuing a career in the medical Field. This partnership is definitely a positive pathway towards student success.”
The medical pipeline offers several oppertunities to students.
Speaking engagements bring guest speakers in the medical field to students and have become an important part of the educational experience.
Hospital tours have been offered by Delta Regional Medical Center. The tours gave students insight into the hospital setting with different healthcare professionals and healthcare careers in an effort to recruit new people into a healthcare-related profession.
The Emergency Medical Technician Program (EMT) is designed to take high school students with little or no medical background and teach them to work on an ambulance using Basic Life Support Measures.
This career education program is set up for students who are currently enrolled in high school and are taking the class as a part of their high school education. Upon successful completion of this program students will be eligible to sit for the National Registry Certification Exam for EMT-Basic.
“Today was a great representation of community partnerships devoted to the success of students,” said Melvin Brown, principal of GHS.
“The medical pipeline initiative is the first many projects that link the school with the workforce. All of Greenville will reap the benefits of our work.”
