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High school students from central Louisiana participated in hands-on activities conducted by LCU faculty and students at the school's first Healthcare Heroes Expedition, March 8, 2024. Karen Carter photo

LCU hosts high schoolers interested in healthcare careers

March 11, 2024

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News

PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) – Louisiana Christian University welcomed 35 high school students from around central Louisiana, March 8, to its first Healthcare Heroes Expedition to learn from educators and experts about different career opportunities.

Attending the event were students from Alexandria Senior High School, Pineville High School, Grace Christian School and Georgetown High School in Grant Parish. The event was held in cooperation with the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center.

The event featured LCU alumni Ryan Riche, the director of physical therapy at Rapides Regional Medical Center, and Jonathan Hunter, a family practice physician at Cenla Associates in The Clinics, shared information and answered questions from the interested teens.

Students rotated through different hands-on activities conducted by LCU faculty and students: a CPR simulation, a heart/EKG simulation, nursing demonstrations and physical therapy assistant spine board transfers.

More information about LCU’s Department of Natural Sciences and all the academic programs in healthcare fields, including physical therapy assistant, nursing and exercise science, can be found at lcuniversity.edu.

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