HOSA is committed to preparing future healthcare professionals. Our members will someday be your students, members, employees, or customers. In order to provide the right opportunities for HOSA members, we need to be in touch and in synch with the health care community.
What is a Partnership?
What Does My Company/Organization Have to Gain From Partnering with HOSA?
What Healthcare Organizations Currently Partner With HOSA?
What Types of Partnership Opportunities are Available?
What is the HOSA Competitive Events Program?
What is a Partnership?
Opportunities exist for health related organizations and those who support educational programs to become involved with HOSA. There are no requirements, demands or fees. HOSA's interests lie in working collaboratively with the health care community and stakeholders.
What Does My Company/Organization Have to Gain From Partnering with HOSA?
Partners have access to tomorrow's healthcare professionals. It's a chance to inform, contribute to, and communicate with 2,000 students, teachers and health science administrators from across Michigan.
What Healthcare Organizations Currently Partner With HOSA?
Visit our page of partnership links to see who our partners are. If you wish to partner with HOSA and be added to our links page, contact Mark Burley at hosa@mhc.org. Let us know you want to partner with HOSA, and your organization/business/group will be added to our VIP mailing list. There is no obligation in becoming a partner, and you can end the partnership at any time you wish.
What Types of Partnership Opportunities are Available?
Many opportunities exist for partnering with HOSA. The following opportunities are available at the HOSA State Leadership Conference.
(Expected attendance - 1000 HOSA members.)
Competitive Event Judge
Event Sponsor
Exhibitor
2005 Judge Invitation & Sponsorship Program
Ongoing opportunities include:
Industry Board Representation
Articles & Links for the Michigan HOSA Web Site
What is the HOSA Competitive Events Program?
HOSA is about providing opportunities for students to learn and achieve. One unique way of doing that is by offering 44 different competitive events that are curriculum based. The goal of the program is to get students to stretch their learning potential.
Take for example a high school senior who thinks he/she wants to be a Veterinarian. To help that student, HOSA offers the veterinary Assisting event. In order to compete successfully in this event, the student must study concepts of Veterinary medicine and learn a set of skills related to the occupational field. Many students who participate in this event will volunteer their time in a Veterinary practice to learn and refine their skills. The average national competitor in this event spends an additional 42 hours outside the classroom in preparation for this event, with the goal of becoming a national champion.
HOSA's goals for that student are to encourage him/her to learn more about the career field and to get a real sense for what it will take to become a Veterinarian. This approach is intended to:
Help the student in career decision making. Give the student a "learning edge" for future veterinary medicine related courses. Provide the student with a clearer picture of his/her goal, and what will need to happen in order to achieve it. Where do health professionals fit in? They review the event guidelines, sponsor the event at area clinical facilities, and serve as event judges in evaluating student performance.
HOSA is proud to maintain a healthy partnership with the health care community. We are a scholastic student organization that is 100 percent healthcare - and an organization whose mission is to support the delivery of compassionate, quality healthcare. For more information on partnering with HOSA, please contact Mark Burley, Michigan HOSA Director, at hosa@mhc.org.
