High School Students Attend Scrubs Camp at Freeman
By Sydney Hoffman on May 20, 2018
Scrubs Camps are one-day, hands-on opportunities for high school students. These camps are designed to increase awareness, interest and understanding of health careers available in South Dakota through creative and interactive activities. They will provide an opportunity for students to experience first-hand, the challenges, opportunities and rewards of health careers; all while learning the skills and education that are required to become a health professional.
After severe weather caused Freeman to reschedule their April 18 Scrubs Camp, it was moved to May 2. B-E students that attended include juniors Ashley Horvath, Sydney Hoffman and Joslyn Schrank and sophomores Sophia Potter, Haley Schulz and Kennedee Weber.
Local Scrubs Camps such as these host speakers and workshops throughout the day. These workshops and speakers pertain to a specific health career. Workshops in the morning were conducted by the Freeman physical therapist, dietitians from Yankton and the Freeman area EMTs that work on-call for emergencies. The morning workshops also consisted of a Stop the Bleed Campaign presented by local registered nurses.
During the physical therapy workshop, the students learned more about the career, the possible settings and the schooling. The physical therapist in attendance explained all of the different types of care that her job entails including strengthening, Kinesio tape and wound care. She also brought out the different tools she uses, and she tried them out on the students.
“The physical therapy workshop was one of my favorites because it is a career that I am looking into. The workshop gave me details about the steps it will take, and I learned about more of the tasks that a physical therapist will tend to do on a daily basis,” junior Joslyn Schrank said.
Two dietitians from Yankton attended to lead the workshop, but they worked in different settings. One worked in the clinic, and the other worked at Hy-Vee. After explaining their career and the road it takes to become a dietitian, they demonstrated healthy eating by making the group a smoothie. Then, the students played a Jeopardy game over nutrition facts.
During the EMT workshops, the students learned the process that it takes to become an EMT. The workshops also demonstrated what an EMT can do versus a doctor or paramedic. The students toured the ambulance, and after, they learned how to take someone’s blood pressure and blood sugar.
The Stop the Bleed Campaign was not exactly over a specific career. Instead, this interactive workshop taught the students the appropriate way to stop major bleeding caused by an artery that has burst. After a major injury like that, a person can bleed out anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes, so, the students received education on the correct steps that they should take to save someone’s life.
During lunch, participants in attendance could walk around the vendor fair. There were four total vendors: Freeman Regional Health Services, Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI), Southeast Technical Institute (STI) and Mitchell Technical Institute (MTI).
After lunch, the workshops continued. College representatives came to speak about specific programs at their university or technical institute. Representatives included speakers from National American University’s (NAU) medical assistant program, MTI’s laboratory technician program and radiology technician program, Dakota Wesleyan University’s (DWU) athletic training program and LATI’s dental assistant program. These are popular and well-known majors from each of these universities/technical institutes.
During the medical assistant workshop, students practiced administering shots by inserting water in fruit and hotdogs with a syringe. The students also learned the various tasks that a medical assistant carries out on a daily basis.
“I really enjoyed the medical assistant workshop because it was really fun learning to handle a syringe. We learned two different ways to administer shots, and we were able to practice both of those ways on the oranges and hotdogs,” sophomore Kennedee Weber said.
The lab tech and rad tech workshop provided much information about both careers. The presentation showed all the different fields that these technicians work in and the areas that both technicians have to investigate and solve. After the presentation, the students were able to view and analyze the broken bones on an x-ray.
The athletic training workshop not only provided information on that career, but it gave insight to multiple sports medicine careers and the other professions that an athletic trainer would work with. The workshop provided detailed information on the course plan when becoming an athletic trainer. The students watched some videos about the career field. After, the students looked up videos of sports’ injuries in which an athletic trainer was standing by to help.
The dental assistant workshop provided hands-on dentistry skills for students to practice. The students were able to practice putting on sealant, filling a cavity and placing rubber bands on braces. These skills were practiced on fake, plaster models of teeth.
“My favorite part about scrubs camp was the dental assistant workshop because it was very hands-on and realistic. I also really enjoyed playing nutrition jeopardy,” junior Ashley Horvath said.
The Scrubs Camp ended with the closing, evaluations and door prizes
After severe weather caused Freeman to reschedule their April 18 Scrubs Camp, it was moved to May 2. B-E students that attended include juniors Ashley Horvath, Sydney Hoffman and Joslyn Schrank and sophomores Sophia Potter, Haley Schulz and Kennedee Weber.
Local Scrubs Camps such as these host speakers and workshops throughout the day. These workshops and speakers pertain to a specific health career. Workshops in the morning were conducted by the Freeman physical therapist, dietitians from Yankton and the Freeman area EMTs that work on-call for emergencies. The morning workshops also consisted of a Stop the Bleed Campaign presented by local registered nurses.
During the physical therapy workshop, the students learned more about the career, the possible settings and the schooling. The physical therapist in attendance explained all of the different types of care that her job entails including strengthening, Kinesio tape and wound care. She also brought out the different tools she uses, and she tried them out on the students.
“The physical therapy workshop was one of my favorites because it is a career that I am looking into. The workshop gave me details about the steps it will take, and I learned about more of the tasks that a physical therapist will tend to do on a daily basis,” junior Joslyn Schrank said.
Two dietitians from Yankton attended to lead the workshop, but they worked in different settings. One worked in the clinic, and the other worked at Hy-Vee. After explaining their career and the road it takes to become a dietitian, they demonstrated healthy eating by making the group a smoothie. Then, the students played a Jeopardy game over nutrition facts.
During the EMT workshops, the students learned the process that it takes to become an EMT. The workshops also demonstrated what an EMT can do versus a doctor or paramedic. The students toured the ambulance, and after, they learned how to take someone’s blood pressure and blood sugar.
The Stop the Bleed Campaign was not exactly over a specific career. Instead, this interactive workshop taught the students the appropriate way to stop major bleeding caused by an artery that has burst. After a major injury like that, a person can bleed out anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes, so, the students received education on the correct steps that they should take to save someone’s life.
During lunch, participants in attendance could walk around the vendor fair. There were four total vendors: Freeman Regional Health Services, Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI), Southeast Technical Institute (STI) and Mitchell Technical Institute (MTI).
After lunch, the workshops continued. College representatives came to speak about specific programs at their university or technical institute. Representatives included speakers from National American University’s (NAU) medical assistant program, MTI’s laboratory technician program and radiology technician program, Dakota Wesleyan University’s (DWU) athletic training program and LATI’s dental assistant program. These are popular and well-known majors from each of these universities/technical institutes.
During the medical assistant workshop, students practiced administering shots by inserting water in fruit and hotdogs with a syringe. The students also learned the various tasks that a medical assistant carries out on a daily basis.
“I really enjoyed the medical assistant workshop because it was really fun learning to handle a syringe. We learned two different ways to administer shots, and we were able to practice both of those ways on the oranges and hotdogs,” sophomore Kennedee Weber said.
The lab tech and rad tech workshop provided much information about both careers. The presentation showed all the different fields that these technicians work in and the areas that both technicians have to investigate and solve. After the presentation, the students were able to view and analyze the broken bones on an x-ray.
The athletic training workshop not only provided information on that career, but it gave insight to multiple sports medicine careers and the other professions that an athletic trainer would work with. The workshop provided detailed information on the course plan when becoming an athletic trainer. The students watched some videos about the career field. After, the students looked up videos of sports’ injuries in which an athletic trainer was standing by to help.
The dental assistant workshop provided hands-on dentistry skills for students to practice. The students were able to practice putting on sealant, filling a cavity and placing rubber bands on braces. These skills were practiced on fake, plaster models of teeth.
“My favorite part about scrubs camp was the dental assistant workshop because it was very hands-on and realistic. I also really enjoyed playing nutrition jeopardy,” junior Ashley Horvath said.
The Scrubs Camp ended with the closing, evaluations and door prizes
