Students at Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute in Dallas are gaining firsthand experience in healthcare thanks to a partnership with Bloomberg and Baylor Healthcare. They learn about medicine from day one, with doctors, nurses, and professionals like Heather Robinson from Johnson & Johnson coming in to share their knowledge.
It's the last period before lunch for these students, but it is the first time Heather Robinson has ever taught a high school class.
It's part of Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute, a partnership between the Dallas school, Bloomberg and Baylor Healthcare.Students from the inner city who may not have ever thought about healthcare careers, learn about medicine from day one and doctors, nurses, and folks like Heather come in and answer questions.
"I wanted to do pediatric nursing because I remember kids and stuff, but now I want to do something in the radiology field," she said. "Otolaryngology, those are your ENT doctors, so ear nose and throat," he said is his plan. While preventing strokes is a lot different, he loved watching how Robinson was able to do it.
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