“Doctor for a Day,” HOSA’s latest fundraiser is teaching students medical skills. HOSA stands for Health Occupations Students of America. Students involved attend conferences across the state showcasing skills and attending workshops expanding their knowledge and broadening their medical horizons.
HOSA students also host fundraisers such as “Doctor of the Day” to fund these events and their participation. Vivian Wallace is the HOSA president and gives some knowledge on it.
“The first one is gonna be a suture workshop,” said Wallace.
Wallace adds that the first workshops are scheduled for Dec. 4 in Room 515. The event is to be held from four to five thirty. Since the Suturing workshop is a fundraiser. Along with the rest of these workshops the cost to attend will be 15 dollars for non HOSA members and 10 dollars for members of HOSA.
Along with the Suturing workshops the Doctor of the Day workshops will also include a dissection of sheeps’ brains and hearts. HOSA members are looking to develop future ready medical skills, launching themselves as focused students into higher education with a baseline of common medicinal skills and knowledge.
These workshops also give students a clearer look into what real medical work involves. For many it is the first time they have handled medical tools or followed step by step procedures used in actual clinical settings. Advisors hope that by exposing students to these experiences early on more students will consider pursuing healthcare in college. Many who attend these sessions can find that even a single workshop can influence the direction they want to take later in life.
The Health Occupations Students of America club was started in 1979. The club originally comprised six thousand students coming from six states. The mission of the club now stays unchanged from its mission at inception. The club looks to provide a platform for students who aim to work in healthcare.
Not only fundraising through medical seminars and workshops, Wenatchee’s HOSA chapter also recently put on a very successful blood drive. HOSA remains a safe space and great learning environment for students looking to enter the healthcare field in their future.
