Camp introduces rural students to health care jobs

Physicians might run on "doctor time" — about 10 minutes late — but Camp Healthcare followed a strict schedule.

The second annual three-day camp introduced soon-to-be eighth-graders to various medical professions available in community hospitals. Campers explained their interest in health care in an application to attend the free camp.

Growing up in Basin and Manderson, these kids see Worland as the big city, but they want to leave the area for college. Some said they’ll come back to Wyoming, to the Big Horn Basin, to work. Others said they weren’t so sure.

Washakie health officials started Camp Healthcare to show students they could have careers in medicine back home. They hope the experience encourages campers to enroll in classes that will support future education in the health field.

Filling the gaps

By JACKIE BORCHARDT Star-Tribune staff writer

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