The Cumberland Health Care Careers Bursary Program

Student Application Information

Staff shortages - in some cases severe shortages - in many of the eighteen employment categories identified in the Cumberland Careers document of 2004 – will continue to occur unless more medical professionals are trained and working in the Province. As an example, there will be a net shortage of 34% of medical laboratory technologists in Nova Scotia by the year 2010. Registered nurses, the category that the majority of the public identifies with as providing health care, will see over 500 fewer in their ranks over the next three years. Similar statistics apply to medical radiation technologists, pharmacists, clinical psychologists and many more professions.

The Cumberland Health Care Careers Bursary Program Fund provides an annual $5000 bursary to Cumberland County students attending post-secondary training for one of the identified critical areas. Candidates then undergo screening for eligibility requirements and participate in an interview process as part of the application process. For each year the student is awarded the bursary the student then agrees to work an equivalent year within Cumberland County. Students must be registered in a professional course of study verses general studies (eg Bachelor of Science with no specialization).

"We’re pleased that everyone is coming together to help bring medical professionals back to our community," continued Joe Gauthier, Managing Director of the Cumberland Health Care Foundation, "I mean one way or another, we all end up needing healthcare professionals – whether it’s because we are ill temporarily or battling a long term chronic disease".

The Cumberland Health Care Foundation in partnership with the Cumberland Health Authority, the North Cumberland Health Care Foundation, the All Saints Hospital Foundation, Bayview Memorial Foundation, and the South Cumberland Community Health Foundation, have come together to provide an annual bursary of $5,000 to Cumberland County residents who are pursuing a health care career in one of the identified areas of shortage. Each year a minimum of four (4) bursaries are awarded.

To date the following individuals are currently in a course of study and/or are working within a healthcare institutition within Cumberland County:

Bursary Recipients & Status as of 2009-07-24

1. Atkinson, Hillary	Amherst	Nursing	To Graduate 2010
2.Beaumont, Christina	Oxford	Respiratory Tech.	To Graduate 2010
3. Bourgeois, Ashley	Amherst	Nursing	To Graduate 2011
4. Canning, Julie	Amherst	Nursing	To Graduate 2012
5. Chapman, Karen	Amherst	Cardiology Tech.	Completed
6. Chappell, Pamela	Tidnish	Nursing	Completed
7. Cormier, Charlene	Amherst	License Practice Nurse	Completed
8. Cormier, Chelsea	Parrsboro	Nursing	To Graduate 2012
9. Drummond, Beth	Malagash	Licensed Practice Nurse	To Graduate 2010
10. Gillis, Kelsea	Parrsboro	Nursing	To Graduate 2011
11. Gray, Kerri	Amherst	Radiology Tech.	Completed
12. Legere, Sabrina	Amherst	Nursing	To Graduate 2010
13. Lucci, Marsha	Amherst	Nursing	To Graduate 2010
14. MacKenzie, Ann Marie	Pugwash	Nursing	Completed
15. MacLeod, Megan	Springhill	Radiology Tech.	Completed
16. MacLeod, Melissa	Amherst	Nursing	Completed
17. McCallum, Amy	Parrsboro	Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound	To Graduate 2014
18. McEachern, Meagan	Amherst	Licensed Practice Nurse	To Graduate 2010
19. Mundle (Hawkes), Tracey	Pugwash	Licensed Practical Nurse	Completed
20. Pashkowski, Melanie	Wentworth	Nursing	To Graduate 2012
21. Porteous, Heather	Oxford	Nursing	Completed
22. Reade, Toni	Oxford	Nursing	Completed
23. Rushton, Lacey	Springhill	Nursing	To Graduate 2012
24. Scopie, Megan	River Hebert	Laboratory Tech.	Completed
25. Stewart, Lisa	Amherst	Nursing	Completed
26. Stonehouse, Haley	Springhill	Nursing	To Graduate 2013
27. Terrio, Amber	Southampton	Nursing	To Graduate 2012
28. Ward, Jessica	Parrsboro	Nursing	To Graduate 2012

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