Sunday, February 14, 2010
Catherine Levitt - Roundtable Comments
The enthusuasm and generosity of the DRMC participants was wonderful! I was particularly interested in the discussion of Medical Coding as a career/vocational skill that would be appropriate for the health academies. Several questions arose in my mind...The hospital apparently employees 16 people in this field with one position open at any given time. Assuming this is also true at JFK and Eisenhower, that means that 3 such positions would be available at any given time. If the various health academies turnout more than 9 (3 times the number needed), what happens to the others. To what other application could the skills learned be put?? Brings up the whole issue of how to prepare students for today's economic needs with the knowlege that these skulls will be obsolete in less than 3 years unless the student chooses to prepare him/herself for lifetime employ-ability (openness to change and tech interest/commitment) rather than life time career.
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I never knew Medical Coding existed. It kinda makes sense now. I was also impressed with the Pharmacy sector. They're making prescription drugs and mixing/creating their own medicines there? And learning the computer software needed for the task at the same time? That is truly remarkable! There's no doubt Hospitals like these are on the front lines of the vocational industries.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it: Even as some places "Hire" robots to mix their medicines, what happens to those robots when they're down?
Someone has to come in and fixed them too. So, there you go! Another great job for a vocational student !!! Never say no to a great career I say. ~ Mr Perez