Students tour Marion General Hospital

Students learned about Bio Medical Engineering, Public Relations, the Nursing Simulator, Physical Therapy, Radiography, Food Service, Maintenance, Linens and more during a recent field trip to Marion General Hospital.

Students in the mentoring program called Partnering Assets for Student Success (PASS) spent a morning with professionals on the MGH staff. The hospital staff provided an informative, hands-on tour.

“We appreciate the willingness of the staff at Marion General Hospital to open their facility to provide our PASS students with an opportunity to learn more about the hospital and careers in the healthcare field,” said Ellen Messenger, spokeswoman for the Career Center. “They put a lot of effort into making the tour educational, informative and fun.”

“The students were able to explore three areas of interest,” said Alice Bailey, Tri-Rivers career specialist. “The experiences were actively engaging and meaningful.”

Jodi Gaietto, a director at Tri-Rivers and coordinator of PASS, said, “Our students didn’t want to leave. All the way back on the bus they were talking about the equipment. It was an amazing experience for them.”

PASS is a collaborative student mentoring effort among Tri-Rivers, United Way of Marion, Marion General Hospital, Heart of Ohio Mentoring, Marion Area College Tech Prep Consortium, and I Can Center of Excellence. Each adult mentor works closely with up to three students, meeting monthly and maintaining contact in between. The mentor helps students explore potential careers while stressing the importance of grades, attendance, behavior, manners, person integrity, and vision for the future. Students participating finish the school year with a career plan.

The mentors are community volunteers, carefully screened and trained in mentoring high school students by Heart of Ohio Mentoring. Several mentors assisted with the tour at MGH.

A special thanks to Marion General for the tour, serving a mentors and financially supporting PASS.