CNC’s Adventures in Health Care Comes to Quesnel

Groups of Quesnel high-schoolers will trade in textbooks for medical gloves over a few days.

The College of New Caledonia (CNC)’s Adventures in Health Care program is being held at the college’s Quesnel campus. The program aims to give high-school students some early experience in healthcare careers to spark some interest.

CNC partners with many healthcare institutions such as the First Nations Health Authority, Northern Health, the Rotary, School District 28, and UNBC to give a variety of career options for students to explore.

“We know the North needs skilled health care workers, and we’re so excited to welcome these aspiring professionals to our campus”, says Jenn Scott, CNC’s Acting Dean for the School of Health Sciences.

“Adventures in Health Care gives students a real taste of what it’s like to study and work in this field—and shows them they can build meaningful careers right here at home.”

Students will get hands-on experience in multiple avenues they could choose to pursue a career in Healthcare, across the three days of April 30 – May 2.

The 28 students praciticed injections, suture removals, wound care, CPR, and IV flushes on May 1. On May 2, they will be exploring career options and practice with UNBC and the First Nations Health Authority.

Scott says the Adventures in Health Care is typically held at CNC’s Prince George campus, but with the new nursing lab and health care classrooms at Quesnel’s campus, it was a great opportunity for high-schoolers to see the facilities.

“The great thing that this does is it provides an opportunity early enough for high school students to be exposed to different health sciences professions so that they can make some critical decisions in their last few years of high school about which courses they need to take to move into the career that they’re interested in.” she says.

“It also gives them the opportunity to stay in the community that they have ties to and hopefully return there as a healthcare professional.”