Healthcare Industry Workforce Development Model

Bluegrass Healthcare Consortiumand

The Medical Career and Science Institute (MCSI)

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).

MCSI Camp Background• Reason for MCSI – current shortage of qualified healthcare

workers is only predicted to grow.• 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

To expose students to the variety of health care professions and introduce them to the relevant coursework and educational requirements leading to those careers.

MCSI Purpose

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 Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board.

• 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 I and Advanced II camps 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 CampStudents in Beginner Camp study:

• CNA• Blood pressure and pulse taking• 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 in biology• Blood draws and laboratory safety • Computer simulation exploring body systems

Field Trips to…• Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital• Baptist Health Lexington• Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital

MCSI Advanced II CampActivities for Advanced II Camp, include:

• Tours to local college and universities with healthcare professions to learn the requirements for application and acceptance while gaining an understanding financial aid and scholarships

• Tours to area health-related agencies and employers (White House Clinic, Baptist Health Richmond)

Field Trips to…• Eastern Kentucky University• University of Kentucky• Morehead State University• University of Louisville

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• WIB staff and consortium members solicit sponsorships and seek out

donations to fund the camps resulting in over $15,000 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.

2014 SponsorsPlatinum Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Donors Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital, Ad-Venture Promotions, Raising Cane’s, Morrison Healthcare Food Services, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital

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