OSF HealthCare Saint Luke Medical Center has chosen Brenda Streit as the first OSF Trailblazer: Workforce of the Future Challenge winner for her Camp Med project. Brenda Streit is the Volunteer Services Supervisor at OSF Saint Luke in Kewanee. The Trailblazer challenge was designed to develop local talent and grow the workforce within the community.
Camp Med is designed for high school students that are considering a career in health care. Participants will spend a week learning from various departments in the hospital, nurturing their passion for health care and introducing them to local career opportunities. Planning has started and Camp Med is scheduled to launch next summer.
Five finalists were chosen to make presentations to OSF Saint Luke and OSF Innovation leaders and Camp Med was the top idea submitted. The other projects will move forward with front line Mission Partners leading planning teams. These projects centered on developing virtual tools for job seekers, creating a health care-focused curriculum for students of all ages, collaborating with area organizations to introduce non-clinical roles to the community and developing a more robust student volunteer program.
The OSF Saint Luke Innovation Hub opened this spring as a space for Mission Partners and the community to encourage collaboration, brainstorm solutions and bring ideas to life. The first community events in the Innovation Hub will focus on STEAM programming for junior high students. Join us on July 26, 2023, for a session on microscopes or July 27, 2023, for the anatomy and dissection session. Students going into sixth through eighth grades are invited to attend the half-day sessions free of charge. Space is limited. Visit facebook.com/OSFSaintLuke for more information.
