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Accomplishments
In the Fall of 2000, administrators from Manitowoc- and Sheboygan-based health care facilities met with Lakeshore Technical College administrators to define how current and future employment needs will be met. This first meeting of the Health Care Alliance launched a continuum of efforts by a dedicated coalition of health care, human resource, and education leaders who meet monthly.
Since 2000, the LSHCA has realized many accomplishments including:
- Continued support of high school counselors as they counsel students
- Development of a best practice Job Shadowing program
- Community presentations conveying the need for health care employees
- Advocacy for new or expanded health care workforce:
- Registered Nurses (expanded)
- Practical Nurse program (reinstated)
- Nursing Assistants (expanded)
- Medical Coders (new)
- Clinical Lab Technicians (new)
- Health Unit Coordinators (new)
- Phlebotomists (new)
- Surgical Technologists (new)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs (new)
- Partnership with the Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center in delivering a summer Health Careers Camp for high school students
- Addressing the needs of special populations including:
- Men in Nursing
- Displaced Workers
- Diversity in the health care workforce
- Development of a full service web site: http://www.lshca.org/
The support health care leaders offer to the efforts of the Alliance ensures the continued and valuable contribution to the communities we serve. We are currently completing our strategic plan and commit to the health care community a focus on:
- Workforce Diversity
- Middle and High School Career Exploration efforts
- Researching supervisory and management training needs
- Increasing community visibility of Alliance initiatives
- Responding to workforce changes
- Uniting learners, educators, and employers for a strong health care workforce
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