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The Cumberland Health Care Careers Bursary Program

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

To donate to the Cumberland Careers Bursary Project simply hit one of the "donate now" buttons on this website and you will be transferred to the secured server for making a donation.

 
     
 
 
 
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