NEWS

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.
 

Well, for the life of me I wouldn’t have ever thought that I would be a writer in any sort of capacity, but when HOSA calls I rarely have the power to say no. This blog is intended to be a resource for students pursuing a health profession, but my personal hope is that almost any student who stumbles across it will be able to gain something from my experiences as a high school student in Oklahoma, college undergrad in NYC, and (hopefully!) medical student.

If you are looking for a quality, unique opportunity that will make learning not only fun but extremely meaningful while at the same time helping thousands of impoverished children in Nepal, India, Kenya, Guatemala, and Cambodia, then you will want to learn more about the Global Dental Relief internships.  

The Competitive Event Guidelines for 2015-2016 have now been posted at http://www.hosa.org/node/117 . Each event guideline has a box at the top indicating ‘what’s new for 2015-2016.’ This will give you an idea of the changes to expect in the event.

On July 25th, Region III Vice President, Akshar Patel attended the Healthy Mind and Body Walkathon hosted by the Three Doctors Foundation. The three doctors hosting the event were Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and the 2015 National Leadership Conference keynote speaker, Dr. Sampson Davis! Akshar was accompanied by two New Jersey HOSA State Officers, Sneha Rangu and Aditya Madduluri; the three members then set out to explore the coupling of health awareness and fitness.

The Goodheart-Willcox Outstanding Service Awards recognized three local HOSA chapter advisors, one from each HOSA region who have made outstanding contributions of local, regional, state and national significance to the promotion, development, and progress of HOSA–Future Health Professionals. The award sponsor, one of HOSA’s newest partners, Goodheart-Willcox Publisher strongly believes in the HOSA mission and was honored to partner with HOSA in educating and training today’s young people to be tomorrow’s health professionals..

2015 HOSA Partners Announce Additional Scholarships

HOSA is excited to share with its membership that HOSA-Future Health Professionals will now be distributing $89,300 to 83 scholarship recipients with the addition of the following partner announcements.

In addition to the already distributed $5,000 in scholarship dollars to HOSA-Future Health Professional recipients, CVS Health is highlighting three additional scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to the following recipients:

HOSA—Future Health Professionals is pleased to announce, along with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, the 2015 Public Health Leadership Seminar externships.  

The 2015 HOSA members chosen are:
July 6-11

HOSA Advisors:

• Evette Mumford (TX)
• Saili Samoa (American Samoa)

 
Members:

• Erin Beasley (NC)
• Michelle Park (TX)
• Piyush Puri (NJ)

 
August 3-7

HOSA Advisors:

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 HOSA Scholarship Program.  HOSA received over 750 scholarship applications that were reviewed – congratulations to all applications!  To see a list of this year’s scholarship recipients, please use the link below.