The Health Foundation has announced its fall awards. The awards go to help further the training of applicants within the Sunrise Health Region. The fall awards saw 13 successful applicants for a total of $11,500.
The Health Foundation's Scholarship Fund awards approximately $24,000 a year. The TD Bank Financial Group contributes $12,000 annually to fund 50 per cent of the awards. Since the program started in 2002, there have been 261 awards totaling $242,600. TD Bank Financial Groups has invested $120,000 in this education program in that time.
Award recipient Janice Flaman says that the opportunity to gain extra training through the program is greatly appreciated by the staff.
The recipients of TD Bank Financial Group's scholarship awards are:
Yvonne Kerr, an EMS technician from Langenburg, who will be taking the Medical Laboratory Assistant program.
Brittany Babyak, from Esterhazy, who is taking the 3rd year of the RN program.
Jennifer Dominey, an LPN and currently a Home Care Manager, who is taking the 3rd year of the Bachelor of Nursing program.
The recipients of The Health Foundation's scholarship awards are:
Janice Flaman, an RN on 3rd South of the regional health centre, taking her post RN Bachelor of Nursing.
Bren Thompson, of Human Resources, who is taking her Business Diploma.
Lauren McVey, a medical radiation technologist with St. Anthony's and St. Peter's hospitals, who is taking the CT Imaging course.
Pat Kuspira, in the Human Resources department, taking her Human Resource Management Certificate.
The recipients of The Health Foundation's awards to attend workshops and conferences are:
Marcella, Fedak, an LPN with Yorkton and District Nursing Home, to attend the course "Foot Care Modalities for the Elderly Person."
Savannah Komaike, a Library Technician with Human Resources, to attend the Canadian Health Libraries Association Conference.
Brenda Pacholka, the Yorkton Regional Health Centre Employee Health Nurse, to attend the American Association of Occupational Health conference.
Kimberly Weichel, a speech language pathologist with the children's therapy program, to attend a conference on improving speech intelligibility and literacy skills in children with high unintelligibility.
Coreen Nagy-Malinowski, the Health Services Manager with St. Paul Lutheran Home, to attend a Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association Conference.
There was one award for Educational Resource Materials and Equipment, and it was made to Yorkton Public Health for an education program called The Gift of Motherhood: Early Childbirth Education. This program will allow the classes to be taught online to better accommodate people's schedule and reduce travel. Sheri Kirkham accepted the award on behalf of Public Health.
