Future Health Professionals Bring Home Honors
Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Friday, July 5, 2024
Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Friday, July 5, 2024
More than 140 students and advisors from across Delaware joined more than 12,000 other members at the 47th annual HOSA-Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference in Houston last week. Delaware students represented the First State in competitive events that included: medical math, public health, behavioral health, community awareness, and more.
Delaware HOSA is a career and technical student organization dedicated to students who are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare. Through HOSA-Future Health Professionals, members have the opportunity to participate in career focused competitive events, take part in community service work, and become leaders for the organization in their school, state, and at the international level. HOSA-Future Health Professionals incorporates curricular and co-curricular experiences to emphasize the importance of knowledge, leadership, skill development, and teamwork.
The following students and advisors were recognized in their competitive events:
Competitive Event | School | Student | Place | Advisor |
Physical Therapy | Sussex Technical
High School |
Alicia Guajardo | Gold | Carolyn Maull |
Dental Terminology | Newark Charter School | Sudipa Chowdhury | Top 10 | Melanie Mundell |
Emergency Medical Technician | St. Georges Technical
High School |
Heidi Thompson & Brayden Fields | Top 10 | Jennifer Immediato |
Epidemiology | Newark Charter School | Akshaj Bais | Top 10 | Melanie Mundell |
Human Growth & Development | Middletown High School | Arjun Bharath | Top 10 | Deb Otto |
Interviewing Skills | Sussex Central High School | Maria Pulido | Top 10 | Christine Frazier |
Medical Assisting | Delcastle High School | Rocio Garduno Castaneda | Top 10 | Jessica Henry |
*Outstanding HOSA Achievement | Cape Henlopen High School |
|
Linda Sapienza |
|
Barbara James
Service Award |
Newark Charter School
Indian River High School Newark Charter School Middletown High School Newark Charter School Newark Charter School |
Claire Keach
Carter Porter Aanya Gupta Arjun Bharath Michelle Zhou Conner Jackson |
Gold
Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze |
|
ABC Blood Drive Recognition | Sussex Technical High School | Bronze |
*The HOSA Outstanding Achievement Award is in recognition of the work performed in partnership with the Delaware Department of Public Health in creating a public health display and sharing valuable information about a specific public health concern or issues. The public health display team from the Cape Henlopen HOSA chapter received the award. Details related to the competitive event for Delaware HOSA chapters are below:
HOSA teams will develop a visual display describing a specific public health concern or issue. The display allows students to express ideas through a visual and verbal presentation that highlights what they have learned about a particular public health concern through research and interactions with public health educators.
To learn more about Delaware HOSA, please contact Peg Enslen by phone at (302) 857-3339 or by email at: peggy.enslen@doe.k12.de.us. A list of all international finalists can be found online at Competitive Event Winners – HOSA.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Related Topics: career, competition, Delaware, education, future, health, HOSA, organization, professionals, Student
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Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Friday, July 5, 2024
More than 140 students and advisors from across Delaware joined more than 12,000 other members at the 47th annual HOSA-Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference in Houston last week. Delaware students represented the First State in competitive events that included: medical math, public health, behavioral health, community awareness, and more.
Delaware HOSA is a career and technical student organization dedicated to students who are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare. Through HOSA-Future Health Professionals, members have the opportunity to participate in career focused competitive events, take part in community service work, and become leaders for the organization in their school, state, and at the international level. HOSA-Future Health Professionals incorporates curricular and co-curricular experiences to emphasize the importance of knowledge, leadership, skill development, and teamwork.
The following students and advisors were recognized in their competitive events:
Competitive Event | School | Student | Place | Advisor |
Physical Therapy | Sussex Technical
High School |
Alicia Guajardo | Gold | Carolyn Maull |
Dental Terminology | Newark Charter School | Sudipa Chowdhury | Top 10 | Melanie Mundell |
Emergency Medical Technician | St. Georges Technical
High School |
Heidi Thompson & Brayden Fields | Top 10 | Jennifer Immediato |
Epidemiology | Newark Charter School | Akshaj Bais | Top 10 | Melanie Mundell |
Human Growth & Development | Middletown High School | Arjun Bharath | Top 10 | Deb Otto |
Interviewing Skills | Sussex Central High School | Maria Pulido | Top 10 | Christine Frazier |
Medical Assisting | Delcastle High School | Rocio Garduno Castaneda | Top 10 | Jessica Henry |
*Outstanding HOSA Achievement | Cape Henlopen High School |
|
Linda Sapienza |
|
Barbara James
Service Award |
Newark Charter School
Indian River High School Newark Charter School Middletown High School Newark Charter School Newark Charter School |
Claire Keach
Carter Porter Aanya Gupta Arjun Bharath Michelle Zhou Conner Jackson |
Gold
Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze |
|
ABC Blood Drive Recognition | Sussex Technical High School | Bronze |
*The HOSA Outstanding Achievement Award is in recognition of the work performed in partnership with the Delaware Department of Public Health in creating a public health display and sharing valuable information about a specific public health concern or issues. The public health display team from the Cape Henlopen HOSA chapter received the award. Details related to the competitive event for Delaware HOSA chapters are below:
HOSA teams will develop a visual display describing a specific public health concern or issue. The display allows students to express ideas through a visual and verbal presentation that highlights what they have learned about a particular public health concern through research and interactions with public health educators.
To learn more about Delaware HOSA, please contact Peg Enslen by phone at (302) 857-3339 or by email at: peggy.enslen@doe.k12.de.us. A list of all international finalists can be found online at Competitive Event Winners – HOSA.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Related Topics: career, competition, Delaware, education, future, health, HOSA, organization, professionals, Student
Keep up to date by receiving a daily digest email, around noon, of current news release posts from state agencies on news.delaware.gov.
Here you can subscribe to future news updates.