Yolembedwa ndi Shelly Hegerle, Mtsogoleri wa People & Culture
Mutha kukhala mukuganiza kuti, "HOSA ndi chiyani, ndipo ndimakhala bwanji?" HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) ndi bungwe lotsogozedwa ndi ophunzira lodzipereka kwathunthu ku chisamaliro chaumoyo. Zimapatsa ophunzira mwayi wofufuza ntchito zachipatala, kukulitsa luso la utsogoleri, ndikuchita nawo mipikisano yapadera. Mipikisano imeneyi imachokera ku HOSA Bowl ndi Anatomage Tournament kupita ku zochitika zamaluso monga CPR ndi First Aid, Phlebotomy, Clinical Nursing, ndi Dental Science. Chaka chino, ndinali ndi mwayi wotumikira monga woweruza milandu pazochitika zingapo komanso kukhala ndi malo oimira ntchito zachipatala. Kukhwima, chisangalalo, ndi luso lomwe ophunzira amawonetsa zimandipatsa chiyembekezo chamtsogolo cha ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo.
Pakati pa mwezi wa Epulo, ndidzapita kumwera pa I-29 kukachita nawo msonkhano wa South Dakota HOSA ku Sioux Falls, komwe ophunzira oposa 900 ochokera ku mitu ya 45 HOSA m'chigawo chonse adzasonkhana kuti apange mipikisano yambiri komanso zosangalatsa zantchito.
Tsiku lotsatira msonkhano wa HOSA, ndinabwereranso pamsewu- nthawi ino ndikupita ku Coal Country Community Health Center ndi Sakakawea Medical Center ku Hazen, ND, ku R-COOL-Health Scrubs Camp. Purogalamuyi, yopangidwira ophunzira a giredi 8 ochokera m'madera awiri akumidzi, cholinga chake ndi kukulitsa chidziwitso, chidwi, komanso kumvetsetsa ntchito zachipatala zomwe zimapezeka kumidzi yaku North Dakota. Ntchito yanga pamsasa ndikukulimbikitsani ophunzira kuti afufuze ntchito zomwe angathe kuchita pazachipatala, kupereka upangiri pamaphunziro oyenera akusukulu yasekondale ndi mapulogalamu, ndikuwadziwitsa ku makoleji aboma, mayunivesite, ndi masukulu aukadaulo omwe amapereka madigiri okhudzana ndi zaumoyo. Nthawi zonse ndimasangalatsidwa ndi mafunso omwe ophunzira amafunsa kumapeto kwa nkhani yanga. Chaka chino, wophunzira wa giredi 8 anandifunsa ngati forensic anthropology imatengedwa ngati ntchito yazaumoyo. Ndiyenera kuvomereza, tinayang'ana yankho limodzi pa Google. Kuwona chisangalalo chake pamene adapeza kugwirizana kwake ndi chithandizo chamankhwala chinali chamtengo wapatali.
Mlungu wotsatira, ndinabwerera ku Sakakawea Medical Center kukakumana ndi gulu lina la ana a sitandade 160 ochokera m’madera oyandikana nawo. Zonsezi, ndinali ndi mwayi wophunzitsa ana XNUMX a sitandade XNUMX za ntchito zachipatala. Komabe, ulendo wanga wa msasa wokolopa sunathere ku Hazen. Tsiku lotsatira, ndinapita ku Turtle Lake, ND, kukamsasa wotsegulira wa R-COOL-Health Scrubs Camp wa Northland Health Centers, ulendo uno ndikuchita ndi ana a sitandade XNUMX.
Pamene Northland anandiitana kwanthaŵi yoyamba kuti ndidzafotokoze za ntchito zachipatala, ndinavomera mwamsanga. Komabe, pamene chochitikacho chikuyandikira, ndinadzipeza ndikulingalira za momwe ndingagwirizanitse ndi omvera achichepere—kusunga zomwe zili zogwirizana ndi msinkhu wawo, kusunga chidwi chawo, ndi kuonetsetsa kuti kuphunzira kosangalatsa ndi kothandizana.
Msasawo unayamba ndi 53 giredi XNUMX kusonkhana m'chipinda chokongola cha anthu aku Northland, pomwe wamkulu wawo Nadine Boe, adawalandira. Anayambitsa gawoli ndikufunsa kuti, "Ndi ntchito ziti zomwe mukufuna kuchita mukadzakula?" Ophunzira atatu oyambirira atayankha mosangalala kuti, “Ndikufuna kukhala woweta ziweto,” ndinadziwa kuti ndili ndi vuto linalake, loti ndiwadziŵitse za mipata yosiyanasiyana ya chithandizo chamankhwala ndi kuchititsa chidwi m’munda.
Kunali kamvuluvulu kuyenda kwa milungu iwiri, koma chokumana nacho chomwe ndimayembekezera chaka chilichonse. Ngakhale zingamveke ngati zachikale, ophunzirawa akuimira antchito athu amtsogolo. Chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo omwe akuyembekezeredwa, ndikofunikira kukulitsa chisangalalo cha ntchitoyi msanga-kapena, kubzala mbewu yachidwi ndi chiyembekezo kuti idzakula kukhala ntchito yopindulitsa yazaumoyo.