About thirty students of the V secondary school had a privileged visit to the facilities of the Trois-Rivières hospital, in Mauricie, to introduce them to the profession.
The health network is thus innovating to recruit future workers directly from school desks.
The CIUSSS de la Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec wants to show students what the sometimes little-known work of its employees is like.
“We want to give young people the opportunity to imagine what jobs in the health and social services sector can be like,” said the administrative director of university training in research and innovation at Ciusss.MCQ, Renée Proulx.
Twenty hospital sectors of Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan have opened their doors to students. They had access to labs, the operating room, oncology, emergency room, and palliative care, just to name a few.
“Young people are a little surprised by what is happening here because often in laboratories, people think that we are all alone, in front of our microscope in a corner. CHAUR’s laboratory is quite large and there are a lot of people, a lot of communication,” remarked Geneviève Brodeur, assistant lead, open-plan laboratory, CHAUR.
These “VIP” visits allow them to ask questions and get a better idea of the job that interests them.
“We went to the operating room. We were able to see open knee surgery, so it’s really interesting to be directly in the middle,” one student replied.
It’s also a different way to recruit future employees. In the current environment, it is imperative to be innovative and to be known, Ms. Proulx added.
The CIUSSS also offers students the opportunity to carry out a one-day internship, to discover the professions that have piqued their curiosity.
