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California Hospital Association Healthcare Workforce Coalition Mini-grant

This project supports an internship program for diverse students, exposing them to various healthcare departments. It aims to increase workforce diversity and college readiness. Successes include improved job skills confidence and college preparation awareness.

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California Hospital Association Healthcare Workforce Coalition Mini-grant

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  1. California Hospital Association Healthcare Workforce Coalition Mini-grant John Muir Health Amy Anderson

  2. Agenda • Project description • Objectives • Successes • Challenges • Replication

  3. Project Description • Provide support for an annual JMH internship program which serves ethnically diverse, underserved students • Interns are placed in various departments • Many of those departments also sponsor externships at allied health schools • Grant guidelines: • Qualified and diverse non-nursing allied health professionals • Improve regional allied health workforce diversity

  4. Project Description • Partnership: Mrs. Sandy Johnson Shaw, Mt. Diablo High School Health and Bioscience Academy

  5. Project Description “Ethnically diverse, underserved students”

  6. Project Description “Ethnically diverse, underserved students”

  7. Project Description • Fall Semester • Science curriculum • Career exploration, speakers, interviews, professionalism workshop, resumes, business cards • Spring Semester • Science curriculum • Two eight-week internship rotations Jan 2010 Dec 2010 2009-2010 school year internships 2010-2011 school year career exploration

  8. Project Description • Non-nursing allied health professionals - Placements

  9. Project Description • New scrubs were purchased /provided • Portfolios • College preparation workshop • Educational goals, time management, applying, personal essay, budgeting, selecting the school, financial aid • Internships, speakers • Interns gave final presentations to their fellow students, sharing the knowledge of careers they learned about in their internships • Supported department mentors • Supported internship coordinator • Marketing materials for youth

  10. Objectives • Up to 60 ethnically diverse students will be influenced • Increased awareness of allied health careers • Increase in sense of preparedness for college • Increase in perceived competence in job skills

  11. Successes • Increase awareness of allied health career in ethnically diverse, underserved students • Yes 96% • “Influenced what you are planning to do after HS?” • Yes, 88%

  12. Successes • Increase in sense of preparedness for college • Yes 86% • Know the world a little better because of Beth • Better aware of the cost • Know more about planning. • It is much better knowing than not knowing • Scholarship sources, financial aid • The application process (more confident) • Finances, money management, budget • Keep control of bills and savings • The college setting • Resources to help reach my goal

  13. Successes College Preparation Workshop

  14. Successes • Increase in sense of preparedness for college • Lower in second class (2010-2011), compared to first class (2009-2010) • First group: presentation in April, already applied to colleges, had received FAFSA results, reality was imminent • Second group: presentation in October (2010), had not started college application process

  15. Successes • Increase in perceived competence in job skills • Work Ready Essential Skills tool created by East County Business–Education Alliance

  16. Successes • Because of internship experiences, realized they were not as expert as they initially thought • “Simply answering the questionnaire raised awareness of these skills and their importance in the workplace”

  17. Successes • Unexpected closer relationship between JMH and students • More presence of JMH Coordinator in classroom • Self esteem from new scrubs – students were proud

  18. Successes

  19. Successes Summary • Increase awareness of allied health career in ethnically diverse, underserved students • Influenced their post-HS path • Increase in sense of preparedness for college • Increase in perceived competence in job skills • More students “Awesome” and fewer “Need help” • Enhanced link to JMH • Enhanced self esteem in job situation and in school • Marketing Materials • ** Academy for 2011-2012 ** *East County Business–Education Alliance

  20. Successes 100% continue on with education after high school *http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest

  21. Challenges • Desire to extend the coverage of grant to end of second internship, to obtain more outcomes • Few students did not complete required assignments to earn internship • Did participate in other opportunities • Professionalism workshop • College prep workshop • Received a portfolio • Speakers • Marketing materials

  22. Replication • Will definitely continue this internship / partnership annually • Able to incorporate information from College Preparation Workshop • Can use as model for other schools • Scrubs will be used for many years to come! • Can continue to track changes in self assessment of essential job skills

  23. Thank you to the California Hospital Association Allied Healthcare Workforce Coalition !!! Questions?

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