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With over $30.2 million from Endeavor Health’s Community Investment Fund (CIF), the Evanston-based health system is propelling efforts to enhance community health and well-being through partnerships and support local economic growth—which includes a serious effort to train future clinicians.
Last summer, Endeavor Health’s CIF partnership with ASPIRE Lake County funded healthcare internships for high school students and community members. Twenty-one paid interns were placed in clinical and non-clinical areas at Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital, offering opportunities for future healthcare workers to learn firsthand how to coordinate and prioritize care.
“I really think of it as growing the next generation of healthcare workers,” said Magdelena Dudek, clinical nurse manager in the operating room at Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital.
The program gives interns exposure to healthcare roles, builds job skills, and supports residents in securing a job in healthcare and meeting community employment needs. One intern, Madison, said the experience helped her understand the hospital setting and how to talk to people, among other benefits.
Like Endeavor Health, Illinois hospitals know the health of communities depends on a strong healthcare workforce. That’s why they’re prioritizing programs to train future clinicians. Learn more about how Illinois hospitals are healing communities.
Healing Communities: UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Provides Free Physicals for Special Olympics
To participate in Special Olympics, aspiring athletes must first get a physical. Yet some children who want to compete don’t have insurance, a primary care doctor or transportation to get an appointment. That’s where UChicago Medicine AdventHealth comes in. For the past three years, at Special Olympics Screening Events held in Bedford Park, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth residents have provided the needed physicals for free.
“One of the things that drew me to medicine is to be able to give back,” said Dr. Sravani Sagireddy. “It’s really nice to be able to step into the community and help people who really need it.”
At the screening events, the residents perform vision, hearing and motor ability tests. They carefully assess each child for medical conditions that might make it unsafe for that child to participate in athletics.
Special Olympics President and CEO Peter Beale-DelVecchio said UChicago Medicine AdventHealth “has been an incredible partner for us” and that the four-hospital health system is “helping us do more and more all the time.”
Beyond the 24/7 care provided within their facilities, hospitals and health systems across Illinois are having a positive impact on communities by addressing community needs and providing accessible care. Learn more about how Illinois hospitals are healing communities.
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Wednesday, Apr 30, 25 @ 9:20 am
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