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College-bound students get inside look at health care in Missoula camp

July 15, 2011 /

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Three months ago, Caitlin Coleman was in this same hospital, waiting for her sister-in-law to give birth.

It was then that she decided she wanted to become an obstetric nurse.

Today, Coleman has a behind-the-scenes pass to the obstetrics area at Community Medical Center – shadowing a registered nurse who is providing the same care to mothers and babies today as someone did three months ago for her sister-in-law and nephew.

"Her having a baby really kicked it in that I really wanted to be here," she said.

Coleman, a junior at Superior High School, is one of 22 high school students in Missoula this week for MedStart Summer Camp – a free, five-day camp encouraging rural, economically challenged, minority or first-generation college-bound students to pursue health care careers.

By VICTORIA EDWARDS for the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b4c919f0-ae96-11e0-bd9a-001cc4c002e0.html

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