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Healthcare Travelling Roadshow inspires next generation

May 21, 2025
The Healthcare Travelling Roadshow team is all smiles after a week of inspiring future health-care professionals.

From May 5-9, 2025, the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow made its way to high schools in Salmo, Creston and Lumby. More than 450 students got to roll up their sleeves and explore real-world health-care careers through hands-on activities and face-to-face learning.

With a team of nine post-secondary health-care students leading the way, the annual Roadshow offers an interactive and engaging look into the many opportunities in the health-care sector. The Roadshow aims to inform, inspire and spark interest in exciting future careers.

Hands-on experience offers real-world career insights

Post-secondary students representing medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, cardiology technology and respiratory therapy led this year’s team. Over the course of the week, students at Salmo Secondary, Kootenay River Secondary in Creston and Charles Bloom Secondary in Lumby had the chance to learn from these future health-care professionals. They asked questions and tried out hands-on activities, while gaining insights into real-world career pathways.

A woman with long grey blonde hair with blue medical gloves holds a test tube as two young people look on. The poster behind them says What's your type?
Students explored how blood typing works and why it matters in health care in this interactive demonstration.

Our students were extremely impressed by the hands-on nature of the experiences and felt as though they were given a great deal of information about careers in British Columbia's health-care sector. The experience was delivered by passionate professionals who engage students through hands-on learning. I would highly recommend the Roadshow to any school looking to help students learn more about the wide variety of health-care careers.

-- Tyler Hanson, acting vice-principal, Charles Bloom Secondary School

The Roadshow not only supports high school students in exploring their future, but also gives post-secondary health-care students a valuable opportunity to learn from one another and to practise interdisciplinary collaboration in a community setting. 

Young students watch on as a woman in a white striped blouse points to petri dishes posted on a poster board. The table in front shows various bottles and mannequin arm.
Students learned the importance of hygiene and clean hands.

Delivered in partnership with the UBC Southern Medical Program (SMP), the Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) and Interior Health (IH), the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow continues to be a powerful tool for both outreach and education across the Southern Interior.

An opportunity for middle school students, too

Three people stand behind a table showing various kinds of monitors and biomedical equipment used in medical settings.
IH staff brought monitors and medical equipment used in health-care settings for students to see up close.

While the Roadshow team was in Lumby, IH also took the opportunity to partner with School District 22 to host an Experience Health event for local grade 7 and 8 students.

The event focused on introducing younger students to the world of health care through fun, interactive activities and meaningful conversations with professionals. IH staff and community partners, including representatives from medical imaging, respiratory therapy, emergency services, midwifery, pharmacy and more, were on hand to showcase their roles and answer the students’ many excellent questions.

These two initiatives reflect IH’s continued commitment to encouraging future health care professionals at every stage of their journey, from early discovery to informed decision-making and beyond.

Learn more about Career Exploration with IH

We provide career exploration experiences for grade 10, 11 and 12 students, as well as post-secondary students and community members.

Visit our Career Exploration webpage

For questions about Career Explorations, email the recruitment team at CareerExploration@InteriorHealth.ca.

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