Cascades East AHEC - Area Health Education Center, Central and Southeastern Oregon

Students wanting to job shadow at the hospital must complete required orientation elements in order to meet hospital, state and national requirements. Cascades East AHEC hosts a job shadowing program at St. Charles Medical Center for students to enable them to participate in job shadowing in the hospital setting. Students are required to get a TB test, complete safety, confidentiality, communication, and other sessions to become acquainted with the hospital and expectations for job shadowing. The orientation sessions are only available a few times each year, so if you are interested in participating in shadowing at the hospital in a particular semester, you should mark down the orientation closest to when you plan to shadow. Many schools offer college credit for participating in formal health occupations classes or count the job shadowing toward CAM requirements. Many other community medical providers have told us they are willing to take students who complete this orientation for job shadowing. The orientation is scheduled for days when students across Oregon are released for teacher in-services or holidays, to enable students to attend without missing classes. Registration forms will be posted on this site at least one month prior to the deadline for registration. Classes may fill early, before the registration deadline. Priority provided to students in formal health occupations programs/classes within their school district. (Mt. View HS Health Occupations students are required to attend the Fall orientation; Bend HS Health Occupations II students are required to take the January orientation.)

Scheduled 2009 - 2010
January 2010 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
March 2010 (Redmond)
March 2010 (Prineville)
October 2009 (Columbus Day)
October 2009 (Sisters)
September 2009 (Redmond)
September 2009 (Culver)

Agenda sample

High School Health Occupation & Job Shadow Orientation Day
9:00am	Check-in & Continental Breakfast/Welcome
9:15am	Introduction to St. Charles Medical Center, Cascades East AHEC
9:45 AM	Cascades Healthcare Safety Review (Codes and Drills)
10:15am	Confidentiality & HIPPA
11:00am	Dress Code/ BloodBorne Pathogens & Infection Control
11:30am	Break/Gown Up
12:00pm	LUNCH (provided)/ TB Test
12:30pm	Orientation Quiz
1:00pm	Tour/Dismissal
Schedule is subject to change

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED OUR ORIENTATION ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ROTATIONS AT SCMC-BEND, REDMOND, PRINEVILLE & MADRAS.

STUDENTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO OPTAIN AN H1N1 VACCINATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN JOB SHADOWING