Summer Camp for Future Healthcare Professionals

Local high school students benefit from hands-on experience.

More than 50 high school students from across PA came to Mount Aloysius College for the second annual Future Healthcare Leaders Camp in July. The camp offers a hands-on introduction to six different healthcare careers.

Over the two-day camp, students followed a patient’s medical case through the healthcare system as they work as a nurse, physical therapist assistant, radiologic technologist, surgical technologist, ultrasound technician, and biologist. The camp kicked off with a staged ATV accident, which included a staged first-responder interaction.

Campers were also able to attend a ‘Stop the Bleed’ training hosted by UPMC Altoona and UPMC Somerset, as well as a variety of activities centered around communication in healthcare sponsored by Southcentral PA AHEC.

The camp was sponsored by the UPMC Foundation and Southcentral PA AHEC. Students received a gift bag with various healthcare-related items, and everyone who completed the camp also received a scholarship from the College to put towards their Mount Aloysius education.