ABOUT ADVENTURES IN HEALTH CARE

 In 2017, the Yellowhead Rotary Club of Prince George established its annual "Adventures in Health Care" program in which annually some four dozen high school students, from across British Columbia, spend four days in Prince George  experiencing opportunities in post- secondary education, applied training and career options in the health sciences in northern British Columbia. This past spring the program was recognized with a Healthier You Award for Youth Initiative of the Year 

The programs goal is to provide a learning experience which refers to any interaction, course, program, or other experience in which learning takes place, whether it occurs in traditional academic settings (schools, classrooms) or nontraditional settings (outside-of-school locations, outdoor environments), or whether it includes traditional educational interactions (students learning from teachers and professors) or nontraditional interactions (students learning through games and interactive software applications).

Because students may learn in a wide variety of settings and ways, the term is often used as a more accurate, preferred, or inclusive alternative to terms such as course, for example, that have more limited or conventional connotations. Learning experience may also be used to underscore or reinforce the goal of an educational interaction—learning—rather than its location (school, classroom) or format (course, program), for example.

"The goal of the program has created a bit of a monster, we call it the tsunami effect. We are  unable to expand the program to meet the demand while maintaining the integrity of the program"

As a result, Yellowhead Rotary decided to regionalize the Adventures in Health Care program starting in 2020.  By regionalization, they are sharing their experiences and encouraging other Rotary clubs to host the program in their region, as opposed to one program for the whole Province of British Columbia.

Yellowhead Rotary has developed a ‘package” of documents that will be of interest and some guidance to Rotary clubs who are interested in replicating the Prince George model; a TOOL KIT.

It includes:

• Adventures in Health Care outline
• Draft work plan for 12 months
• Prince George Project Charter 
• 2019 Close Out Report
• Summary of Recommendations, Rural Health Care Recruitment  – Select Standing Committee on Health, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, March 1, 2017