{"id":74923,"date":"2024-04-11T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=74923"},"modified":"2024-04-11T07:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:39:34","slug":"our-stories-sierra-wilcox-and-kelsey-hericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-sierra-wilcox-and-kelsey-hericks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Wilcox and Kelsey Hericks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_75100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75100\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75100\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/08155041\/IMG_2363-web2.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Kelsey Hericks and Sierra Wilcox.\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelsey Hericks and Sierra Wilcox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Observership experience inspires the next generation of health care providers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Sierra Wilcox and Kelsey Hericks were approached with an opportunity to sponsor a recent high school graduate and prospective college student in a first-of-its-kind observership program at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital emergency department, neither one of them hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in,\u201d they said to Blake Wollenberg, emergency services liaison, who helped facilitate the program.<\/p>\n<p>UCHealth offers an <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/give-to-uchealth\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observership program<\/a> that provides an opportunity for individuals to have an in-depth experience observing how employees in clinical roles do their jobs. One type of observership is for those who are seeking supervised clinical experiences as part of their preparation to apply to professional school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program requires a sponsor that commits to provide mentorship to the student during their month-long observership,\u201d Wollenberg said.<\/p>\n<p>When approached to lead the high school student in an observership in the emergency department, Wollenberg immediately thought of Wilcox, a paramedic, and Hericks, an emergency medical technician, as potential sponsors. Wollenberg describes them as \u201cconstant professionals\u201d with \u201ceven-keel demeanors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth are extremely intelligent, and both are amazing preceptors,\u201d Wollenberg said of Wilcox and Hericks. \u201cThey have the attitude and the mentality that I wanted [the student] to learn from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite their workload at UCHealth and both being full-time students themselves, Wilcox and Hericks still volunteered their time to co-sponsor the student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was passionate about it because if I would have done that, I could have known so much sooner that I wanted to go into the medical field,\u201d Wilcox said. \u201cOr I would have known this isn\u2019t the field for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hericks echoed similar thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had that in high school, I would have done that too,\u201d Hericks said. \u201cGetting the chance to observe\u2026 in an environment where you get experience and people are ready to teach you no matter what, that\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under their mentorship, the student observed them once a week for a month. Eager to learn and engage in patient interactions, the student shadowed them as they triaged patients, took blood pressures and started an IV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the most important thing was he (the student) was able to figure out or learn how to talk to patients. And just make connections and build that rapport,\u201d Wilcox said.<\/p>\n<p>As program sponsors, both Wilcox and Hericks enjoyed the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good. I really like teaching,\u201d Wilcox said. \u201cI felt like I was able to be a role model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great experience,\u201d Hericks added. \u201cI learn something new from [Wilcox] every day. 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