Discover Your Future Career in Medicine

For those who are interested in a future career in medicine, Health Careers is an excellent way to launch oneself into the medical field.

¨Health careers is an ROP course that is really just at San Juan Hills…And it’s going to be just an overview of the different health careers in the industry,¨ said Ann Bergen, SJHHS ROP Director.

The course is one semester long and mainly focuses on medical terminology and medical abbreviations so that the student understands any other medical class that they will take in the future.

“Health Careers really is exploring different medical careers for the students in their future,” said teacher, Ms. Martinez.

Additionally, students get the opportunity to become CPR certified with BLS, which is required to work in any medical facility.

The hands on activities during the course consist of “CPR; that takes a while for us to do. We also do vital signs and make a vocational portfolio,¨ said Martinez.

¨We get to go hands on with blood pressure cuffs and we learn CPR in that class which is a necessity. It’s nice to have that skill,¨ said Lauren Blum (10).

Students also make a vocational portfolio, a resume that will help a student get a job at a local business and help students move into adult life. ¨Then, they also do a resume for their future; so, where do they see themselves? Do they want to become a doctor or nurse? So we’ll do a resume then,¨ said Martinez.

¨We learn more about different medical careers and terminology and just expand our knowledge. A lot of kids want to be doctors and nurses so it’s nice to be all together,¨ said Ariana Apopei (10).

¨Health careers, little known fact, most students think that medical core is the gateway class into the higher medical classes. Fun fact is that health careers can also be used as a prerequisite to go into the higher level classes,¨ said Bergen. “So those kids who’ve completed health careers their first semester are able to not just wait for the spring medical core class, they can actually launch, from the health careers class, into medical assisting.”

¨My favorite part about the class is all of the people and the curriculum. We’ve done CPR and we’ve learned a lot of vocabulary. It’s very good for those who want to go into the medical field,¨ said Hannah Mattsson (11).

Health Careers allows the students to be employed in a field they want to pursue and is a very good stepping stone for a future in the medical field.