Navigating Health Care Careers: Chart Your Path from High...

Navigating Health Care Careers: Chart Your Path from High School to Health Care

Welcome to the 2025 WakeMed health care careers conference for high school students Navigating Health Care Careers: Chart Your Path from High School to Health Care!

In order to participate in this event on Friday, March 14, 2025, you must be invited by an event coordinator, and you must have a full schedule of 8 sessions. To be invited to this event, please have a parent sign the WakeMed consent form and email the form to WorkforceDevelopment@wakemed.org.

Friday, March 14th is a WCPSS traditional calendar teacher workday. If your school does not follow this calendar, you may elect to seek an excused absence from your school’s administration to attend this educational event.

Please email WorkforceDevelopment@wakemed.org with additional questions.

8:30am EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 8:30am - 8:50am EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 8:30am - 8:50am EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

8:30am EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 8:30am - 8:50am EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 8:30am - 8:50am EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

8:55am EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 8:55am - 9:15am EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 8:55am - 9:15am EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

8:55am EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 8:55am - 9:15am EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 8:55am - 9:15am EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

9:20am EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 9:20am - 9:40am EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 9:20am - 9:40am EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

9:20am EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 9:20am - 9:40am EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 9:20am - 9:40am EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

9:45am EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 9:45am - 10:05am EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 9:45am - 10:05am EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

9:45am EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 9:45am - 10:05am EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 9:45am - 10:05am EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

11:50am EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 11:50am - 12:10pm EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 11:50am - 12:10pm EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

11:50am EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 11:50am - 12:10pm EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 11:50am - 12:10pm EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

12:15pm EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 12:15pm - 12:35pm EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 12:15pm - 12:35pm EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

12:15pm EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 12:15pm - 12:35pm EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 12:15pm - 12:35pm EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

12:40pm EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

12:40pm EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 12:40pm - 1:00pm EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

1:05pm EDT

Ports: A Cath-tivating Demonstration (Medical-Surgical)

Friday March 14, 2025 1:05pm - 1:25pm EDT

Want to learn something unique? Come learn about port-a-caths and how they are accessed for use in our oncology patients for chemotherapy. A Port-a-Cath, often simply referred to as a port, is an implanted device that provides easy access to a patient’s veins. It is surgically inserted completely beneath the skin and consists of two parts: the portal and the catheter.

Speakers

Susan Bruce

Supervisor/Educator, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Friday March 14, 2025 1:05pm - 1:25pm EDT
Front Lobby

Nursing, Allied Health

1:05pm EDT

There is an APP for that! (The Advanced Practice Provider role)

Friday March 14, 2025 1:05pm - 1:25pm EDT

Want to be in Health Care but not sure being a doctor is right for you?!? Well, there is an APP for that! Come learn all about the Advanced Practice Provider role in Health Care. Meet a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, and Pharmacist Practitioner to learn the three pathways to becoming an advanced practice provider in as little as 6 years of post-high school education. Each team member will briefly describe what they can do as a provider in NC, and the best education pathway to accomplish this goal including what you can do now in high school.

Speakers

Michelle Schweitzer

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner & Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Millbrook High School awhile back and headed to UNCG for my undergraduate nursing degree. I started my nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at UNC. After a few years, I returned to school to pursue my master's at Duke. Upon graduation, I started my NP... Read More →

Brandon Schoonover

Physician Assistant & APP Education Manager, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Janna Beavers

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner & Pharmacist Preceptor, WakeMed Health & Hospitals

I graduated from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2013 and then completed two years of residency training at WakeMed. My second year of residency specialized in cardiology. Cardiology, especially heart failure, is my passion! I have worked at WakeMed for... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 1:05pm - 1:25pm EDT
Front Lobby

Provider Medicine

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