TAP Health

TAP students tapped into their critical thinking skills to tackle yesterday’s Hack-A-Thon hosted by the VA! 🧠

Each team was given a problem in healthcare and came up with their own innovative solution. With the help of mentors from previous TAP Health events, students brainstormed, collaborated, and developed their solution strategies then pitched them to a panel of judges. Each group brought their own twist to the competition and created an amazing product.

Thank you to the VA and their team for setting up this innovative event for the first time in TAP program history!

The time has finally come… Graduation!! 🎓
The TAP Students celebrated their completion of the program by recalling all their favorite events and memories. Parents came to congratulate their students and learn about the locations we explored throughout the summer!

Thank you so much to our host HCESC - Hamilton County Educational Service Center, our wonderful organizer Heleena McKinney, and all our sponsors from the summer who dedicated their time and resources to this program.

Though it’s tough to say goodbye, the fun doesn’t end here! Friday’s bonus event, a Hack-A-Thon!, and a live surgery in early August will bring the students together again. For now, thank you to all the students and parents for seeking out this program and being a memorable group to work with!

Last week the TAP students got to learn about a vital piece of the healthcare puzzle: mental health.

The host location, Resurge Recovery, is an outpatient facility offering individual and group counseling as well as medication-assisted treatment plans for a variety of mental health concerns. Students learned about the mind-body connection and how different recovery centers address mental health needs in their communities.

Thank you so much to CEO Bradly Hale for connecting with each student on how mental health works hand in hand with the career paths they are considering. Thank you aswell to the team at Resurge Recivery for welcoming us into your space!

As the TAP program comes to its final event before graduation, students visited the Health Collaborative building for donuts, donations, and workshops.

Students met with presenters from Network for Hope to learn about their Donate Life organ donation program. This organization helps organ donors save and enhance the lives of their recipients.

Next students attended a Stop-the-Bleed course hosted by UC Health where they learned to use tourniquets, pack wounds, and protect vascular systems in an emergency.

Thank you so much to all of our workshop presenters including UC Health and Donate Life Ohio for making today’s event happen!