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Shannon GallagherEastern Regional Associate NC REAL

Malinda ToddAssociate Director, NC REAL

Healthcare and Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurial Skills Can Benefit Students in Health Care Courses

+ A scenario to ponder….. You assist an elderly gentleman, Mr. Jones, with transportation to

doctor’s appointments, medication reminders and simple tasks around the house. One day you and Mr. Jones’ are going through his medications to see if he needs to reorder any and you notice that the newest med he was put on only has 5 pills missing. He is supposed to take it everyday and it has been 2 weeks since he was placed on this new med. You ask Mr. Jones why he hasn’t been taking this medication and he says to you that “It is just TOO BIG!” He feels as if he is going to choke every time he takes it so he just decided to stop taking it. Luckily enough, Mr. Jones has a doctor’s appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning, so you document his complaints and tell him that you and he will go talk to the doctor tomorrow morning, if he is okay with you coming into the room with him.

Tomorrow morning comes and you, Mr. Jones and the doctor talk about the concerns you documented. While talking, the doctor mentions that the pill can be crushed. So you suggest he take it with applesauce or pudding to see if that helps him. Lo and behold, Mr. Jones goes home crushes up the pill, puts it in applesauce and says he can deal with that. From then on he takes his meds as prescribed AND knows to ask if a pill can be crushed up or not!

+In the above scenario, what

skills were used?

Critical Thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Assessing need

Teamwork/Collaboration

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Critical Thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Assessing need

Teamwork/Collaboration

Communication skills

Financial Literacy

Leadership

SCENARIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

+ Healthcare and Entrepreneurship.. Can they

REALLY go together? Most health care students are not conditioned to think of themselves as entrepreneurial

Same skills being taught to entrepreneurship students

13 out of the “Top 30 Fastest Careers for Older Workers” are health related (U.S. News and World Report)

6 are in the Top 10

These skills are beneficial for students daily living as well becoming better employees

+ Healthcare and Entrepreneurship.. Can they

REALLY go together? Plant the seed early and encourage entrepreneurial skills to be used in their health profession

NC REAL is trying to do this with their REAL Health Care Entrepreneurship curriculum This curriculum was developed specifically for

health care students to: Teach entrepreneurial skills Address some of the specific challenges they

will face when starting their own healthcare business

+ Who Is NC REAL and How Did They Get Into Health Care

Entrepreneurship?

NC REAL is a non-profit organization that works with all levels of education in communities to

provide entrepreneurial training

NC REAL’s Mission Statement: Developing entrepreneurial talent and fostering

the creation of sustainable enterprises

+The REAL Story… Then and Now • REAL started 27 years ago in Georgia and

North Carolina working with High School students

• NC REAL expanded the offerings of REAL by creating the adult curriculum• REAL now has 3 adult curricula and 4 Youth

curricula

• Today REAL Entrepreneurship is offered in:• Over 40 Community Colleges• Over 50 K-12 Schools • Over 30 Community Organizations• Over 10 states

+ NC REAL Believes….

• Entrepreneurship education should be available to all

• On-going support and professional development for educators in entrepreneurship education is critical

• Experiential, student-centered learning provides the best means for students to accomplish work that is relevant to them and their communities

• Entrepreneurship education must build upon and be supported by the needs of communities

+ How Does REAL Work? REAL operates on a Train The Trainer

Model

+ What Makes NC REAL’s Curricula Unique?

The Experiential Learning Process

ReflectionExpansion

ExperienceApplication

“Tell me, and I forget,

Show me, and I remember,

Involve me, and I understand.”

+How NC REAL Has Fused Health Care and Entrepreneurship

NC REAL developed specialized Health Care Entrepreneurship curriculum

First version was started in 2009 at Piedmont Community College

2010 grant from the Rural Center allowed for a revision and to offer the course at 5 Community Colleges across the state

Today the Health Care Entrepreneurship program is offered at Community Colleges and High Schools

+ What is the REAL Health Care Entrepreneurship Training?

• 2 day facilitator workshop (can receive CEU credits)• Specifically developed for individuals in healthcare

field who want to start own business OR gain entrepreneurial skills Topics include: • Self Assessment• Business feasibility• Financials• Marketing• Operations (including: licensing, certifications, med

errors, reimbursement)

• Once come to training you are then considered a Certified REAL Health Care Entrepreneurship facilitator

+ Experience an activityNurse Nancy

Purpose: To provide participants with a simple

breakeven that you can use in your class room with your

students

+ How can you use REAL in your classroom?

Offer REAL Health Care Entrepreneurship Course

Infuse activities into pre-existing courses

Use in after school programs or clubs (HOSA) Can be in combination with Hop On The Bus Hop On The Bus: http://hoponthebus.org/

+ Upcoming Trainings REAL Health Care Entrepreneurship

Training March 13-14, 2014, Western Piedmont

Community College

REAL Institute February 24-28, 2014, Wrightsville Beach

Building Entrepreneurial Skills Training September 19-20,2013, Raleigh

More upcoming trainings available at www.ncreal.org

+ Come Join Us!!!

+ Contact Information

Shannon GallagherEastern Regional

Associate

3739 National Drive, Suite 100

Raleigh, NC 27612

919-448-8015 shannon@ncreal.org

Malinda ToddAssociate Director

3739 National Drive, Suite 100

Raleigh, NC 27612

919-781-6833 ext.126

malinda@ncreal.org

NC REAL Entrepreneurship