Greetings from South Dakota HOTT! Spring is FINALLY upon us and
we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your efforts in
promoting HOTT in your communities. Your work in encouraging kids to choose
health careers is appreciated more than you know. As the school year draws to a
close, it’s a great time to look forward to summer and to take this opportunity
to plan for school year 2008/2009! The South Dakota Healthcare Workforce Center
has some new tools and resources for you to use as you think about working with
students next year. Read on to see what’s in store!
HIPE (Health in Partnership with Education) Week was held
February 4-8, 2008. Throughout this week, a wide variety of activities were
held to help promote health careers to students. Examples of activities ranged
from elementary classroom instruction to a college dorm meeting to a project
with Girl Scouts. For more information on these and other ideas,
click here! We would like to thank each of you who participated
in HIPE Week. We commend your ambition and creativity and we look forward to
next year’s event!
SHOWcase (Sharing Health Occupations With
Students): Do you 
struggle
getting your students into a healthcare facility because of HIPAA? This online
toolkit was created to provide you with some options that will allow students to
obtain a realistic healthcare experience while still complying with HIPAA.
Click here to see what you can do!
Health Career Toolkits: Looking for a concise,
user-friendly way to teach health careers in local classrooms? “Grab-and-go”
toolkits have been developed to assist you when you’re asked to present to
students. These toolkits contain everything you need to enter the classroom:
scripts, lessons, activities and posters are all available either online or
hardcopy.
Click here to see what’s included online.
Click here to request a hard
copy.
Do you know of a high-school student who may be interested in
pursing a health career? Several South Dakota universities will be
sponsoring University Health Career Camps this summer. These camps will provide
interested students with hands-on experience in a wide variety of health
professions.
Click here for more information on upcoming camps.
The Virtual Health Career Fair, offered through Southeast
Technical Institute and Sanford USD Medical Center, provides an opportunity
for students to experience a wide variety of health careers. Through DDN, high
school students can access health career programming without leaving their
classrooms! The Virtual Healthcare Academy is an interactive teleconference
which transmits live from Sanford to high schools throughout the state of SD.
Consistently, there have been 28 to 30 schools enrolled for each session. The
fall sessions toured Gastroenterology, in which a colonoscopy and endoscopy
procedure was performed, as well as Physical Therapy/Rehab Services and the
Cancer Center. The spring sessions will include docu-dramas with Trauma
5/Emergency Room services and Intensive Air with the final session touring the
NICU. If you are interested in learning how your school can participate,
contact
Anna Fischer or
Kelly Tollefson.
Visit
the
HOTT Website for lots of FREE health career-related
resources and 
activities.
Lesson plans have been developed for all grade levels and all subject areas.
These lessons are free of charge and have all been aligned to South Dakota
educational standards. Check out an
example!
We’re interested in hearing from YOU! Send an email to
Halley.Lee@state.sd.us and let us know what you are currently doing to
promote health careers.
In an attempt to keep all who have expressed an interested in HOTT
apprised of HOTT Happenings, we will be emailing a quarterly newsletter
detailing the HOTT project and any new and exciting developments. If you are no
longer interested in receiving this information, email
Halley.Lee@state.sd.us and your name will be removed from the
distribution list.