The Health Professions Education Consortium launched in 2012 to improve the college and career readiness of regional students with an interest in entering the health professions. The 16 member Consortium, comprised of regional leaders in higher education, industry and workforce development, is providing opportunities to closely examine and develop solutions that address the mismatch between career training in the health professions and regional workforce needs for Illinois’s Lake, Cook, and McHenry Counties, as well as Wisconsin’s Kenosha County.
Lake County, with a peripheral focus on Cook and McHenry Counties.
In May, MEAC and North Chicago Community High School presented to the Illinois Work-Based Learning Innovation Network (I-WIN) community on their processes to shift typically
Plans are underway for a virtual work-based internship in the second semester through a WIOA grant received in July 2020.
With funding from the Telligen Community Initiative, HPEC established strategic partnerships with regional healthcare employers to better align education and training with the regional workforce needs in health informatics. This work includes increasing awareness for and the adoption of apprenticeship programs that benefit both students and employers.