NEWS

HOSA-Future Health Professionals, the largest international organization for middle school, high school, and postsecondary/collegiate students with an interest in health professions, is excited to announce that it has reached its goal of 200,000 members in over 4,000 chapters for the 2015-2016 school year. HOSA has chapters in 48 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and at Department of Defense Education Activity schools on military bases in Italy and Germany.
 

To say that HOSA has had a tremendous impact on my life would be an understatement. I can say, very confidently, that my life as a health professional would not be the same without this organization.
 

South Dakota state HOSA secretary and Harrisburg High School HOSA president, Manaal Ali, has been chosen to represent South Dakota as a delegate to the 54th annual United States Senate Youth Program.

 Monday, January 11, 2016

The HOSA-Future Health Professionals announced the election of its board officers. The HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors conducted an election the 2016 Chairman, Chair-Elect, and Board Secretary.

New Jersey Health Science Teacher / HOSA Advisor Receives $25,000 National Award for Health Care Teaching

Health sciences teacher and HOSA Advisor, Kimberly Moreno of Union City High School, is surrounded by her students as she received the $25,000 Milken Educator Award during a surprise assembly.  Ms. Moreno is New Jersey’s 2015 winner of this prestigious Milken Educator Award in recognition of her teaching abilities and potential.

HOSA-Future Health Professionals is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Learning House, Inc. Please visit the link below for more information and share the linked flyer with your HOSA members.

PartnerPlus by The Learning House

PartnerPlus Infomation Flyer

There’s a portion of many postsecondary school applications that trips up a lot of people – community service. After a full (and often rigorous) high school class schedule, extracurricular activities to add to your leadership and teamwork experience, and other hobbies and interests, it may seem like there’s no room in a schedule for giving back to your community. Community service often seems difficult to work into schedules or even to find; many charitable organizations don’t have the resources to advertise their need.

They say that there are only two things that are unavoidable: death and taxes. For the Future Health Professional, we probably need to add one more thing to the list – a question. This question is asked, I assume, in every interview from a local HOSA chapter officer election to the application process to become the U.S. Surgeon General. It is unavoidable, as it should be, and it’s important to be able to answer not only to perform well in an interview, but also as an exercise – that is, you need to be able to answer this question for yourself more than for anyone else.