May 21, 2024
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy Photo submitted
This spring, students from Barton’s chapter of HOSA (Future Health Professionals) traveled to Manhattan, Kan. for the Spring 2024 State Leadership Conference and Competition (SLC) and came home with some hardware.
Six Barton students competed, and all of them qualified for the International Leadership Conference and Competition (ILC) in Houston this June.
The results were as follows:
Kaden Baird (Pre-Nursing/General studies)
First place team - CPR/First Aid
First place Medical Assisting
First place Anatomy & Physiology
Second place Medical Math
Aaron Deason (Athletic Training/Liberal studies)
First place team - CPR/First Aid
Third place Medical Math
Alidsha Vazquez Centeno (Registered Nursing)
First place team - Creative Problem Solving
First place Clinical Nursing
Brianna Auker (Medical Lab Technology)
First place team - Creative Problem Solving
First place Clinical Laboratory Science
First place Medical Terminology
Hannah Dapogny (Pre-nursing)
First place team - Creative Problem Solving
First place Nurse Assisting
First place Medical Math
Valeria Gallardo- Pulido (Medical Lab Technology)
First place Phlebotomy
First place team - Creative Problem Solving
First place Nutrition
The HOSA Conference brings together students at the middle school, high school, and post-secondary level from five different countries (approximately 12,000 students) to compete against each other in 92 separate events including: Health Professions Events, Emergency Preparedness Events, Health Science Events, Leadership Events, Teamwork events, and Recognition events. The Competitive Events Program is designed to motivate HOSA members and provide a system for recognizing the competencies developed by members through health science and biomedical science class instruction, related job training, and HOSA-related activities.
Competitive events are designed to motivate HOSA members to improve their knowledge and skills. HOSA provides a national competitive events program as a means of recognizing those students who are willing to pursue excellence by preparing for competition and having the determination to attend a conference and participate in a competitive event. To qualify for ILC, students at the post-secondary level in Kansas are required to score in the top 30 percent across the nation in the round one knowledge test and place in the top three of their round two skills evaluation.
The group is hosting a fundraiser at “Freddy’s Night” at the Great Bend Freddy’s from 4-8 p.m. May 22 to help support their trip to the national conference. Those wishing to contribute just need to mention the fundraiser or use promo code “giveback” if ordering online.
For more information or to make additional donations, please email guntherka@bartonccc.edu or call (620) 786-1133.