Albany Tech hosts ‘Are You Man Enough to Be in Healthcare?’
From staff reports
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ALBANY – Albany Technical College is working to fill the growing number of job vacancies throughout the health care industry by hosting events to get students interested in the industry. In an effort to attract more men to health care, Albany Tech will host a panel discussion called “Are You Man Enough to be in Healthcare?” Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center.
Professional representatives from various health care fields will be present to answer questions and discuss some challenges they have experienced and overcome on their journey into the field. These representatives include Dr. Lorenzo Carson, a radiologist at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital; Dr. Morris Clarington, dean of Academic Affairs for Nursing & Allied Health at Albany Technical College; Anthony Lewis, senior vice president & chief resource officer at Phoebe Putney Health System; and Larry Jackson, ASCP MLT lead at Houston Medical Center.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Education’s Student Wellness: Mental, Academic & Physical Preparedness PBI Grant under the direction of Project Director Lashea Dancer.
Lisa Stephens, associate VP of Academic Affairs, Business and Healthcare Technology, is all too familiar with the growing need for more men to join the health care field.
“Men, traditionally, are underrepresented in health care professions,” Stephens said. “This trend is prevalent in health care education programs as well. Our goal for this event is to allow participants to hear from men in the profession and engage in dialogue about what they do daily.”
For more information about the event, please contact Dancer at (229) 430-3614 or [email protected].
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