Summer Scrubs Program visits AOC

Summer Scrubs program at AOC

Summer Scrubs 2009
A free camp for high school students considering careers in healthcare visited AOC last week.

Summer Scrubs is an intensive career exploration opportunity for rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade students in Mobile and Baldwin counties who are considering careers in healthcare. It is a project of the Bay Area Healthcare Coalition, a volunteer-driven organization of South Alabama healthcare providers and educators, working together to address current and projected shortages of qualified healthcare professionals in our community.

We thought AOC was a perfect site to host this curious students because our staff represents a wide range of health care careers. We have various clerical healthcare positions in the business office and medical records departments. We have Medical Assistants, LPNs and RNs working side by side with physicians treating patients during office hours. RNs are also represented in our Outpatient Surgery Center. We have many RNs working in the operating room assisting with surgery and RNs taking care of patients pre-op and post-op. We also have scrub techs and nurse anesthetists in the OR. In our therapy department, we have Physical Therapists, PT Assistants, Occupational Therapists and OT assistants. We also have one Certified Athletic Trainer.  We have x-ray techs and physicians in various specialties. Orthopaedics, Radiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Mgmt, etc.

I believe AOC’s Summer Scrubs presentation was outstanding! The staff was extremely courteous and very helpful to the students. I gained a lot of knowledge that will help me in my future medical career. I may even ask to intern at AOC next summer!
Thanks again,
Jacob Taylor
Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Class of 2010

If you interested about learning more about summer scrubs visit www.summerscrubs.com
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