Office of Rural Health
Healthcare Workforce Center — Innovative Solutions
The South Dakota Healthcare Workforce Center would like to recognize the following as innovative solutions to the healthcare recruitment and retention issue. These projects have been implemented in facilities throughout South Dakota. For more information on these projects contact the person noted for each respective project.
- Mentor Week/Student Shadowing Opportunities
Ann Thompson
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
Ann.thompson@mckennan.org
- Health Career Awareness Activities/Shadowing Opportunities
Michele Juffer
Good Samaritan Society – Corsica
mjuffer@good-sam.com
- Manual Blood Pressure Skills Training for High School Students
Michele Juffer
Good Samaritan Society – Wagner
mjuffer@good-sam.com
- Health Career Educational Programming
Jay Plucker
Landmann Jungman Memorial Hospital
Jay.plucker@ljmh.com
- Health Career Awareness Activities/Shadowing Opportunities
Joanne Baer
Lead Deadwood Regional Hospital
jbaer@rcrh.org
- Student Health Career Awareness Activities/Mock Accident
Tammy Baer
Sanford Deuel County Medical Center
Baert@sanfordhealth.org
- Student Career Fair/Health Career Educational Programming
Ginger Peschl
St. Michael’s Hospital Avera
gpeschl@smh-bhfp.org
- Overall Strategy as CEO of Recruitment & Retention
Gale Walker, CEO, Avera St. Benedict Health Center
Gale.walker@averastbenedict.org
- Fitness & Health Career Discovery Program
Julie Semmler, Avera St. Benedict Health Center
Julie.semmler@averastbenedict.org
- Platte Health Center/Avera Student Shadowing Program
Mark Schulte, Platte Health Center/Avera
Mark.schulte@phcavera.org
- Local EMS & Community Emergency Responders Role in Pandemic Flu
Grace Freeman, RN, CHN, Union County
Grace.Freeman@state.sd.us
- Career Ladder
Nick Fosness, Maryhouse
nickfosness@catholichealth.net
- Online Practical Nursing Program — Lake Area Technical Institute
Robin Brown, BSN, MSN
Lake Area Technical Institute
www.lakeareatech.edu
brownr@lakeareatech.edu
- Your Calling, Your Place — Healthcare Careers 101
Tom Davis, Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center
davist@sanfordhealth.org
- Shadowing in Health Care Professions
Marnie Burke, MPA, RN
Medical Associates Clinic
Marnie.burke@macpierre.com
- Intergenerational Camp, Generation Partners, Career Ladder, Young at Heart Volunteer, & Mock Accidents
Kim Burg, Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center
Kim.burg@averaweskota.org
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