For Immediate Release
SAC Medical Assisting & BCMS Staffing Services
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WHAT
Officials from San Antonio College and Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS) Staffing Services will sign an agreement to create a Mentorship Program for the college's Medical Assisting students. The program will address the shortage of qualified medical assisting personnel while also giving trained students (who must meet BCMS standards) experiences in health care settings. Student "externs" will be paid for a half-day of work and earn college credit for the unpaid half-day, which counts toward their externship - benefiting both the students and the health care providers. Consequently, students will gain valuable experience and prove themselves to employers who may decide to hire them full-time.
WHEN Friday, October 26 9:30 a.m. WHERE San Antonio College - Koehler Cultural Center 310 West Ashby (at the corner of Ashby and Lewis streets, just east of San Pedro Ave.)
WHO * Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, President of San Antonio College
* Dr. Bruce Leslie, Chancellor of Alamo Community Colleges * Delbert Chumley, M.D., President of the Bexar County Medical Society
* Stephen C. Fitzer, Executive Director of the Bexar County Medical Society
* Cheryl Startzell, Coordinator of the SAC Medical Assisting Program * JoAnne Santa Cruz, Staffing Coordinator, Bexar Co. Medical Society Staffing Services
* SAC Medical Assisting students who will be affected by this program
* Other representatives of San Antonio College and Bexar Co. Medical Society Staffing Services CONTACT For more information about the Mentorship Program, contact Cheryl Startzell, SAC Medical Assisting Coordinator, at 210-733-2437.
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1300 San Pedro Ave. • San Antonio, Texas • 78212-4299 • (210) 733-2147 |