NEWS

 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.
 

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.