BARTLETT REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Promote health education and awareness: when established in 1992, one of the goals of the foundation was to promote medical study, research, and the continuing education of medical and health care professionals and staff located in juneau and its surrounding communities. Through the edelman health sciences scholarship and partnership with other local non-profit organizations (the "grow your own" program"), the foundation is able to promote community education and awareness related to health matters and to promote medical studies in southeast alaska. During this reporting period, the foundation awarded twelve health sciences scholarships. Through the dr. Bob urata hospice education fund and partnership with the foundation for end of life care, the bartlett regional hospital foundation is able to support healthcare professionals in juneau who seek hospice focused education and training. The goal of bartlett regional hospital's grow your own program is to encourage people to explore careers in healthcare locally. By providing training and internship opportunities we build a pathway for a sustainable healthcare workforce at bartlett regional hospital while reducing the high utilization rate of traveling health care workers. These programs work in conjunction with the bartlett foundation's edelman health sciences scholarship to provide healthcare education, training, and employment opportunities for southeast alaskans.