Project health care at Bellevue Hospital.
Project Health Care is a program which uses college students considering careers in health care, as summer volunteers in the Emergency Department of a large, municipal hospital. It began with a small group in 1981, and was expanded the following year to include 16 students. The program was designed to provide opportunities for service and observation in various out-patient settings, seminars, lectures and individual and group projects. The project benefitted all participants. For the Emergency Department staff it stimulated better communication with non-professionals; for the hospital it provided intelligent, enthusiastic volunteer help while aiding community relations, and for the volunteers it provided an opportunity to make educated career decisions.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006758:Hospital Volunteers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal; D009519:New York City; D013334:Students; D000078329:Workforce