chris turley, bluegrass area development district, lexington, ky
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“Changing Faces, Changing Places:
Demographic Shifts in Small Towns and
Rural Regions”
A Community Approach to Prepare
Tomorrow’s Healthcare Professionals
Chris Turley, BS, MS
Director of Workforce Services
Bluegrass Area Development District
Lexington, KY
Objectives
• Demonstrate how working collectively and
collaboratively with industry and post secondary
institutions can proactively create and promote future
opportunities for the future healthcare workforce in rural
and small towns.
• Illustrate how the local Workforce Investment Board built
a partnership of local healthcare professionals and post-
secondary institutions to proactively address the future
workforce.
• Spur potential ideas within participant’s communities
and become a catalyst to create similar collaborations.
Bluegrass Workforce
Investment Board
Mission: To develop proactive workforce partnerships: 'Connecting
employers with employees.'
• Formed by Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
• Plans, oversees, and evaluates workforce service delivery in the a 17 county region of Central Kentucky
• Comprised of a majority (51%) of private sector employers
Bluegrass Healthcare
Consortium
Mission:
Partnering to provide and sustain a sufficient and
competent healthcare workforce.
Vision:
Driving change in the healthcare workforce.
Values:
Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Commitment,
and Collaboration (Equity and Integrated).
Consortium Goals
• Development of a nonresidential healthcare
boot camp for middle school and high
school aged students;
• Increase collaboration with educational
systems to promote healthcare careers,
degree programs, as well as anticipate and
address future workforce shortage concerns.
MCSI Camp Background• Reason for MCSI – current shortage of qualified healthcare
workers is only predicted to grow due to retirement of the
baby boomer population. Develop opportunities to prevent
youth outmigration in the region.
• Camp curriculum developed by a subcommittee of
consortium members and Spencerian College faculty.
• Target – middle school students with interest in a healthcare professions.
• Camp goal – to introduce students to future required science
classes and various healthcare careers.
• Developed marketing brand and logo created.
• MCSI Sponsored through donations by healthcare consortium
members, industry partners and community donors.
What is MCSI?
• A series of one-week health
career camps for middle
and high school students in
Central Kentucky
• Non-residential
• Hosted by the Bluegrass
Healthcare Consortium
• Offered at Spencerian
College (Lexington) Campus
MCSI Purpose
To expose students to the variety of health care professions and introduce them to the relevant coursework and educational requirements leading to those careers.
Camp Marketing
• WIB staff market the camps to:
• local middle schools
• school PTA’s
• Math & Science teachers
• local news outlets
• The camps are also marketed on the local
WIB website: www.bgwib.com.
• Flyers are distributed to the school systems
Who can Participate?
Designed for
middle and high
school students
who are seriously
interested in
pursuing a career
in the health care
profession.
Selection Process• Students submit a completed application
• Beginner camp applications are reviewed by a selection committee– Area healthcare professionals from the Bluegrass Health Care
Consortium
– Staff from the Bluegrass Area Development District.
– Spencerian College staff
• Beginner camp applications are ranked and selected based on specific criteria– GPA
– Extra-curricular activities
– Essay
– Letters of recommendation
• Previous students are permitted to return for the Advanced camp if they have completed the prior year’s camp requirements without a selection process
What do the students do?
• Learn from college faculty and health professionals
• Learn firsthand what it takes to succeed as a health
professional
• Participate in a structured educational curriculum
from college professors
• Hands-on activities
• Clinical observations
MCSI Beginners Camp
Activities for Beginner Camp, include:• CPR Training
• EKG’s
• Medical Lab
• Radiology
Field trips to…• Sullivan School of Pharmacy
• UK Minimally Invasive Surgery Lab
• UK Outreach Science Center
MCSI Advanced CampActivities for Advanced
Camp, include: • Eyeball dissection with instruction by
an optometrist
• Fetal pig dissection
• Computer simulation exploring body
systems
Field Trips to…• Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
• Baptist Health Lexington
• Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital
Educational Curriculum
• Participate in a structured educational
curriculum that includes lectures and labs in
– Algebra
– Anatomy
– Physiology
– Trigonometry
– Chemistry
– Microbiology
Educational Interactive
Sessions• Provide students with hands-on experience,
as well as observe health professionals in a clinical setting
– Interact with various area practicing healthcare professionals
– Healthcare professionals discuss their professions and highlight educational requirements
• Sessions take place in a clinical, classroom and lab setting
Camp Funding
• BGADD staff and consortium members solicit sponsorships and seek out donations to fund the camps resulting in over $20,000 in sponsorships.
• The camp is free of charge to students who are selected.
• Food donations are provided by local restaurants and vendors.
• The camps partnered with Turning Point Technologies to pre and post test students. Turning Point Technologies provides a clicker system where students can get a unique id to answer pre loaded questions each day.
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Donors Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital, Ad-Venture Promotions, Raising Cane’s, Morrison Healthcare Food Services, Cardinal Hill
Rehabilitation Hospital
How the local BGADD staff fit…• Youth Services staff facilitate the
day to day operations of each camp
• Market camps to local school systems
• Check students in and out each day of camp
• Lead students to correct rooms
• Chaperone on fieldtrips and activities
• Coordinate breakfast, lunch, and snacks for students.
• Assist professors in maintaining control of students
• Solicit sponsorships and donations for the camps
• Coordinate speakers and chaperones
Contact Information
Chris Turley, BS, MS
Director of Workforce Services
Bluegrass Area Development District
Lexington, KY