LSC instructor Mary Grace Werner shows Lindsay Anderson from Two Harbors how to prepare for a blood draw.

No latrine duty or craft projects for these campers.

A group of high school students attended an intensive, three-day health careers camp to learn more about future careers. “When students think of medical careers, they typically think of doctors or nursing,” said Brittany Chopp, health education specialist for the Northeast Area Health Education Center and camp coordinator. “We’re here to show them there are dozens and dozens of health care career choices.”

Thirty 8th to 12th grade students from northeast Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan spent three days at various health care facilities and higher learning institutions to learn about health careers and how to prepare for them through the Health Occupations Today (HOT) Camp.

The health education organization partnered with various industry players, including Lake Superior College, SMDC and the University of Minnesota, to provide on-site, hands-on healthcare experiences for the students.

The HOT Camp runs from June 23-25.  The students were at Lake Superior College on Wed., June 24 learning about dental hygiene,  radiology technology,  massage therapy,  and medical lab tech/ phlebotomy,

Tags: Health Care, HOT Camps; Mary Grace Werner

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