The Greenville Health System (GHS) addresses needs across our system to have a highly qualified workforce. A system-wide approach as part of the solution to the needs of the healthcare workforce guides our planning and implementation of innovative and life-long learning strategies. The system embraces and provides professional development learning/training opportunities for our current workforce. We are committed to identifying future workforce needs and partnering to fulfill these needs.
GHS is a strategic training partner for over forty-five different academic institutions throughout the Carolinas and across the country. An estimated 3,600 students each year complete part of their training on site at a GHS location. See GHS' Workforce Development Model. Areas of study include:
Allied Health
Anesthesia for Nurses
Biology Internship
Cardiac Device Tech.
Cardiovascular Tech.
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Engineering
Continuing Education
Counseling
EMT
Exercise Science
Health Information
Human Development
Information Technology
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Perfusion
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy
Physician Assistant
Pre-Med
Public Health Sciences
Rehab Sciences
Respiratory Care
Social Work
Sociology-Ethics
Speech Therapy
Annually, more than 2,600 nursing students receive part of their training in our system through GHS relationships with Clemson University, USC-Upstate, Bob Jones University, Greenville Technical College, Tri-County Technical College, and others.
The Greenville HealthCare Simulation Center, where lifelike infant, child and adult mannequins are used to help train medical professionals and students to respond quickly and correctly to medical scenarios – a pregnant mannequin even gives birth! It is the only such center in the Southeast.
An article entitled, “For the Health-Care Work Force, a Critical Prognosis” by Daniel W. Rahn and Steven A. Wartman, pointed to issues facing the healthcare workforce crisis. The authors cited a lack of comprehensive workforce planning from academe, government, and the healthcare professions and suggested a strategic direction instead of the current piecemeal approach at the national and state levels. They emphasized that institutions that educate the nation’s future healthcare professionals must work together to devise innovative solutions to the myriad challenges we face. We agree and are committed to addressing the healthcare workforce needs in strategic and comprehensive ways.