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WHAT: A select group of area high school students will learn about matters of the heart during a summer session of the Physician Pipeline Preparatory Program (or P4) next week. Surgeons, cardiologists and other health care professionals at the Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois at HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants will lead the training instruction. The student will be training with advance simulation models in the St. John’s College of Nursing’s Simulation Center on Tuesday.
Eight Springfield students are participating in the summer class, which is part of the four-year program for local high school youth interested in becoming physicians. P4 is a partnership among Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield Public Schools – District 186 and the Sangamon County Medical Society.
Throughout this four day experience, students will receive training and certification in CPR, spend hands on-time in a clinical simulation center, receive lectures from cardiologists and shadow in clinical. At the conclusion of the 4th day, all students will be requested to take a post-test assessment.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 17 from 1-3 p.m.
WHERE: HSHS Central Illinois Division (B.O.S Building)
St. John’s College Simulation Center
850 E. Madison St. Springfield, IL
Please park in the visitor spaces in the parking lot
Check-in will be in the main lobby, 1st floor of the HSHS Central Illinois Division (B.O.S. Building)
About Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois
The Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois (PHII) is a community-based network of hospitals that offers cardiovascular programs staffed by the nationally recognized Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, the largest group of cardiologists in the tristate region. Because of the Prairie Educations and Research Consortium (PERC), network hospitals of PHII also have access to drugs and treatments not widely available. The network hospitals of PHII offer the highest level of cardiovascular care possible in their communities. When more specialized care is needed, it is available in Springfield, O’Fallon or Carbondale.
About Prairie Cardiovascular
Physicians at Prairie Cardiovascular are nationally recognized as leaders in cardiovascular care. More heart patients are cared for by Prairie than any other program in Illinois. Prairie currently has more than 70 board certified physicians and 45 clinic sites in Illinois. Prairie is a national leader in the innovation and development of new diagnostic and treatment procedures and continues to advance medicine with a very active research program.
For more information about Prairie Cardiovascular, visit: www.thedoctorsofprairie.com
About Prairie Heart Foundation
The Prairie Heart Institute Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Prairie Heart Institute. Gifts to Prairie Heart Foundation impact heart patients from central and southern Illinois and beyond. Whether it is supporting a groundbreaking new procedure, bringing new treatments and technologies to our region, or establishing new, innovative practices – Prairie Heart donors ensure the best heart care in the nation is available in our local community.
About HSHS St. John’s Hospital
HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois is a regional medical center offering a comprehensive array of health care services to central and southern Illinois. Founded in 1875, St. John’s is the flagshiphospital of Hospital Sisters Health System and is home to the Prairie Heart Institute, St. John’s Children’s Hospital, St. John’s Women’s Services, St. John’s Neurosciences Institute, St. John’s Cancer Center, orthopedic services and AthletiCare. St. John’s now has one of the most advanced surgery centers in the nation and a renovated patient tower with all private rooms. St. John’s is designated as a level I traumacenter, has its own college of nursing and is a teaching hospital for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. For more information about St. John’s Hospital, visit www.st-johns.org.
