2011 MedQuest Dates

Week 1 - June 26 - July 1, 2011

Week 2 - July 10 - July 15, 2011

• Serving Vermont Counties of Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle

• Current 10th or 11th grade students

MedQuest Health Careers Exploration Program is a rigorously structured program designed for students who would like to learn more about the opportunities available in the health care field. it is a co-ed, residential, week-long (Sunday to Friday) program held on the University of Vermont (UVM) campus. Students will receive job shadow training, interactive presentation and hands-on workshops on many different health and health career topics. They will travel to area hospitals, take part in three shadowing experiences, become CPR certified, explore and strengthen skills and resources for health career development, gain comfort in health care and college environments, interact with health care professionals and students, and much more. UVM College of Medicine students help staff the program.

MedQuest 2010 FAQs (pdf)

(top right, clockwise) YaFatou Badji shadowed Jill Wells, RN at Northwestern Medical Center (NMC); Cameron Laller and Joyce Pan practice their basic medical skills at the University of Vermont (UVM) Simulation Lab; Victoria Kane and Quinn Self shadowed R. Stephen Cooper (center) at PMC; Christina Yu shadowed Doreen Benoit, APRN at NMC; Diane Weishaar, Med Tech at NMC introduces Joyce Pan and Austin Huges to some of her equipment; and Molly Bessette tries out her lifesaving skills at Essex Rescue during the Adult CPR & AED Training.

For more information, please contact:

Champlain Valley AHEC
Attn: MedQuest Health Careers Exploration Program
152 Fairfield Street
St. Albans, VT 05478
Phone: 802/527-1474 • Fax: 802/527-1632
Email: healthcareers@cvahec.org

Hilary Sylvester listens to Abdirahman Haji's breath sounds during the Basic Medical Skills workshop.

If you are not from Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, or Grand Isle counties, but you are interested in participating in MedQuest, please contact your local Area Health Education Center (AHEC):

Southern Vermont AHEC (serving Windham, Windsor, Bennington, and Rutland Counties)

365 Summer Street, Suite 151

Springfield, VT  05156

Phone: 802/885-2126

www.svahec.org

Marty Hammond, Program Coordinator

Northeastern Vermont AHEC (serving Caledonia, Essex, Orleans, Lamoille, Washington and Orange Counties)

347 Emerson Falls Road, Suite 3

St. Johnsbury, VT  05819

Phone: 802/748-2506

www.nevahec.org

Laura Remick, Program Coordinator