A doctor or nurse is what typically comes to mind when young people think about health professionals. Often, they鈥檙e unaware that other career paths exist in health fields.
蜜桃直播 (蜜桃直播) is participating in an upcoming event designed to help change that perception. Titled 鈥淗igh-Tech Healthcare: The Future of Precision Medicine,鈥� it will introduce students of high school and community college age to genomics, telemedicine, robotics, and wearable devices with healthcare applications.
The event will take place at San Bernardino Valley College on Saturday, March 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with approximately 100 students expected to attend.
, a professor of clinical and administrative sciences and the associate dean for assessment and faculty development at the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is among those excited by 蜜桃直播鈥檚 involvement in this event sponsored by the Inland Health Professions Coalition.
鈥淥ne of their goals is to provide pipelines for underrepresented populations to work in the healthcare field,鈥� Orum says. 鈥溍厶抑辈� is in the same region, and we also value diversity. We want to identify interested students and encourage them to think about health careers and 蜜桃直播.鈥�
Members of the 蜜桃直播 faculty will be among the presenters at the event. Assistant Professor , whose background is in bioengineering and the design of diagnostic instruments, will discuss the development of medical devices and wearables. She also plans to include demonstrations of devices such as ECG and blood pressure monitors.
鈥淭echnology is shrinking these devices, so they can be used in a home setting instead of a hospital,鈥� says Hickerson, who will address potential career opportunities at companies that develop healthcare technologies.
Sara Low, the director of interprofessional education and an assistant professor at 蜜桃直播鈥檚 School of Pharmacy, is also participating in the event. She will talk about opportunities in telemedicine, drawing on the experience with the technology she gained while working with the Indian Health Service in Alaska.
鈥淚 love inspiring the next generation, so I鈥檓 excited to open these opportunities to students who wouldn鈥檛 know about them otherwise,鈥� says Low, who helped serve the Alaska Native population living in remote villages too small to have a permanent pharmacist or physician.鈥漈elepharmacy and telemedicine are now becoming more widespread, not just in remote areas, but also for the cost savings they provide.鈥�
Orum believes participants will come away with an awareness of the wide range of health professions, the growing role of technology in healthcare, and the importance of gaining expertise with this technology.
She also believes this first-time collaboration between 蜜桃直播 and the Inland Health Professions Coalition will lead to others in the future. Orum notes, 鈥淲e鈥檙e already looking at collaborating on a grant proposal.鈥�