If you have any questions, please call Kris Marmie at 319.272.7347.
Program Goals • Introduce students to health care careers • Facilitate connections between school and work • Introduce participants to job obtainment skills such as applications and interviews • Provide learning opportunities to health care careers of the students’ interests • Create awareness of secondary education opportunities
Student Selection Criteria • Students must have written permission from parent/guardian to participate. • Successfully completed 7th grade/entering 8th grade in the fall. • Complete the program application form. • If application progresses to next level, complete an interview with project staff. • Be willing and able to follow student requirements: – Mandatory attendance – Appropriate behavior while in the Medical Center – Neat and clean appearance • Have interest in future career in the health care field.
Program Logistics • All program sessions and activities will take place at Covenant Medical Center. • A limited number of students will be selected to participate.
Student Incentives • Ability to explore careers in health care. • Opportunity to build job obtainment skills. • Chance to learn about career and secondary education options. • Free snacks. • Fun.
Annually, the Covenant/Sartori auxiliaries administer a scholarship program which is funded by the auxiliaries, the R. J. McElroy Trust and private donations.
Each financial award is based on an applicant’s scholarship and financial need. Qualified applicants are required to have a minimum 3.0 grade point average; be a resident of Black Hawk, Bremer, Fayette, Buchanan, Benton, Tama, Grundy or Butler counties in Iowa; be a graduating high school student intending to pursue a career in the healthcare field or be an area post-high-school student currently enrolled in a health-related program including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, dental hygiene, medical/clinical laboratory technician, radiology technology, dental assistant, medical transcription, health information technology, medical office services, surgical technology, ultrasound technology, pharmacy technology, respiratory therapy and physical therapy.
Application forms, which include a request for a brief essay, grade transcripts and letters of recommendation, will be available beginning December 11, 2006, from the Covenant Foundation Office, Covenant Medical Center, 3421 West Ninth Street, Waterloo, Tel. (319) 272-7676; the Sartori Foundation Office, Sartori Memorial Hospital, 515 College Street, Cedar Falls, Tel. (319) 268-3000; or Click Here to print an application form. Applications will also be available in area school counselors’ offices in early January. Submission deadline for a completed application is March 16, 2007.
Click on the links below to find out more about our auxiliaries:
ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY-SUPPORTED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Covenant and Sartori auxiliaries also contribute to the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF) Health Care Careers Scholarship Fund to help Iowans who want to be the future of health care.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is Recognized for High-Quality Care in Bariatric Surgery
Earlier this month Sartori Memorial Hospital, The Midwest Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery™, and Dr. Matthew Glascock, Medical Director were named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The ASMBS Center of Excellence designation recognizes surgical programs with a demonstrated track record of favorable outcomes in Bariatric surgery.
“Achieving this prestigious designation validates the pride I have in working with the dedicated individuals at the Midwest Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery™ and Sartori Memorial Hospital. This award represents the work of many people with one common goal: that being the operation of the highest quality surgery program imaginable,” said Dr. Matthew Glascock, Medical Director. “The Midwest Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery™ and Sartori Memorial Hospital are dedicated to improving the health of the morbidly obese patient population, and we recognize the need to implement a systematic approach to improving quality.”
We are pleased to announce the beginning of a new campaign showcasing the Covenant Clinic Cardiology at Covenant Medical Center. The new campaign launched Sunday, February 17, 2008 and will continue throughout the year.
We are pleased to announce the beginning of a new campaign showcasing the strengths of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa. The new campaign launched Sunday, January 20, 2008 and will continue throughout the year.
The Wheaton Franciscan System is committed to protecting the privacy and
confidentiality of patients’ protected health information and has
had practices in place for many years to respect patients’ right
to privacy. In response to the Health Insurance Portability and AccountabilityAct
of 1996 (HIPAA), we are pleased to provide our patients with a Notice
of Privacy Practices as they enter our facilities for health care services.
