News & Events

National Apprenticeship Week 2018

11/29/2018

The Training Fund held its annual Health Career Fair National Apprenticeship Week event on November 14, 2018 as part of the US Department of Labor event. We had a plenary panel including federal, state and local Apprenticeship officials as well as 29 Healthcare Professionals from several different career paths to present to 164 Philadelphia High School students interested in Health Careers. Two panels presented on Apprenticeship and included actual Apprentices and their mentors. Pictured here are Brittany Fowler, a Direct Service Professional Apprentice at SPIN along with Angelica Velasquez who manages the DSP Apprenticeship at the Training Fund.

YEAR IN REVIEW: GPHP leads the way on apprenticeship and employer engagement iN 2017-18 IP YEAR

9/6/2018

The Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership (GPHP) has completed another successful year (our 13th!) which included 535 training participations, four quarterly meetings for our partners, and several special events including great opportunities to showcase and educate others about our work in Registered Apprenticeship. GPHP has helped shape future of workforce development in Pennsylvania through partnerships with Commonwealth's Department of Labor & Industry and Philadelphia Works, Inc., work we look forward to continuing during the 2018-19 year. We also completed our large federal Ready-to-Work grant with more than planned participation and we hosted a National Apprenticeship Week event for Philadelphia High School students.

GPHP Partners Introduced to Philadelphia FIGHT’s Project TEACH for HIV/AIDS Peer Educators

4/26/2018

April 26th, 2018; Philadelphia, PA: The Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership welcomed representatives from our partners at Philadelphia FIGHT to headline April’s IP meeting. FIGHT’s highlighted program was Project TEACH, an innovative peer education service for people living with HIV/AIDS, developed in Philadelphia as a way to train peer leaders to become HIV experts and community educators.

New Philadelphia Works, Inc. ceo patrick Clancy addresses gphp on workforce innovation

1/17/2018

The Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership welcomed Philadelphia Works, Inc.’s new CEO Patrick Clancy, who addressed the assembled employers, educators, non-profit representatives and others on the workforce development board’s plans and innovation strategies for strengthening Philadelphia’s and Southeastern Pennsylvania’s labor markets.

Jefferson Elder Care’s Best-Practice Dementia Care Staff Training is available to all GPHP partners, and those already participating see positive outcomes!

10/25/2017

The Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership’s fall meeting featured our partners from Jefferson Elder Care delivering a valuable, two-module presentation on the latest in staff training solutions for providing quality care for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEMPLE HOSPITAL’S LATEST COHORT OF“NEW TO NURSING” GRADUATES

9/28/2017

Temple University Health System (TUHS) welcomed staff and guests to the August/September 2016 cohort graduation marking completion of the first year of work at TUH for nurse residents. Lois Scipione, Nurse Residency Specialist, welcomed everyone and Betty Craig, VP and Chief Nursing Officer, provided the keynote and she sent the message about the importance of growing as a Nurse through your experiences.

GPHP Explores Data AnalYTICs FOR HEALTHCARE at April Meeting

5/1/2017

With NFL Draft-related activities tying up traffic throughout the Delaware Valley, the Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership hosted its first-ever virtual partner meeting today. Appropriately, the meeting focused on data- and technology-driven solutions to some of the major issues facing regional healthcare employers. Cindy Marselis – principal and founder of Overlook Strategies, a local health data analysis expert, and a long-time GPHP partner – presented data analytics case studies and demos, and walking attendees through the analytic processes to turn raw data into useful, actionable information for healthcare providers.

GPHP Joins Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley for CEO Roundtable

4/19/2017

On April 19, 2017, approximately 200 guests arrived at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Colket Building to attend the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley’s “CEO Roundtable” event. The premise of HLNDV is to “promote professional growth and development of healthcare leaders within the Delaware Valley and their mission was obtained last night through a robust panel discussion on “Diversity in the Workplace.”

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM GRADUATES CLASS: Nearly 80% of Grads Received OJT Support through GPHP

4/12/2017

April 6, 2017, Phila PA: Temple University Health System (TUHS) welcomed staff and guests to graduation ceremony for another cohort of new Nurse Residents, marking completion of their first year of work at TUHS. Lois Scipione, Nurse Residency Specialist, welcomed everyone; and Michael Franklin, a member of the graduation class, provided insight into what his cohort experienced in their first year on the job, and how excited they are to move forward in their careers.

GPHP &Sayre Health Center register Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program with PA Apprenticeship & Training Council

2/9/2017

Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Partnership Director Susan B. Thomas was delighted to announce today the approval of a new Registered Apprenticeship Program for new Medical Assistants (MAs) at the Pennsylvania Apprenticeship & Training Council meeting this morning.

The new MA Apprenticeship program is sponsored by the Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia, and was designed in partnership with GPHP through a Non-Traditional Apprenticeships grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. GPHP Director Thomas attended this morning's Apprenticeship Council meeting with Sayre HR Director Kenya Hall to present the new program design. The Apprenticeship Program includes 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning and 424 hours of classroom instruction provided by the Sayre Health Initiatives, Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD) Program. The SHIELD Program is taught by Sayre Health professionals at the Sayre High School in West Philadelphia as part of the School District's Career & Technical Education programming.

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