Middle school students interested in the medical field can learn about those professions as part of a career ladder at the medical school. <\/p>\n
The Lebanon Health Career Ladder is a joint effort between the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest, Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University. <\/p>\n
Volunteers from each school come to COMP-Northwest to teach middle school students about health professions. <\/p>\n
Jaime Servin, director of the program spoke about the career ladder at the Lebanon Rotary Clubs Aug. 22 meeting. <\/p>\n
The students start their day listening to a guest speaker in the lecture hall with their parents, Servin said. After the speaker, kids split up into small groups to learn about health occupations called breakout sessions. <\/p>\n
A cohort of sixth-grade students began the program last year. <\/p>\n
Some of those students will return this year. The college will pick up a new cohort of middle-school students. <\/p>\n
The program will start enrolling sixth-grade students, but any middle school student will be accepted into the first year of the program as long as there is room, Servin said. <\/p>\n
Second-year students will do more hands-on activities, Servin said. <\/p>\n
Volunteers from OSU and LBCC will show the kids different career paths in medicine. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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