Lee students earn medical awards

COURTESY PHOTO Lee County High Tech Center Central's Regional Health Occupation Students of America winners, from the left are Wendy Juarez, Megan Lafave, Marian Seifert, and Nancy Perez. Earlier this month 36 students from Lee County High Tech Center Central competed in the Region 6 Health Occupation Students of America's annual competition. HOSA is a national organization for students enrolled in health-related training. The students participated in written tests, public speaking, posters for education, medical math, medical terminology, demonstrations, nutrition, and job-seeking skills. A team of skilled judges evaluated students either on written tests or in the clinical setting for appropriate skill performance, analysis of medical situations, problemsolving and thinking skills.

The following Practical Nursing students received medals:

• Nancy Perez, Medical Math, Bronze Medal

• Marian Seifert, Medical Terminology, Gold Medal

• Wendy Juarez, Medical Terminology, Silver Medal

• Megan Lafave, Job-Seeking Skills, Gold Medal

These students earned the right to participate at the state level Florida Leadership Conference which will be held in Orlando, April 10-13.

High Tech Central offers a wide variety of health-related technical training opportunities. For more information, call the school at 334-4544 or log on to their Web site at www.hightechcentral.org.