Eichmiller heads national health careers committee
Youth explore health professions through 'Learning For Life'
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Posted Feb. 10, 2006 |
By Karen Fox Irving, Texas—Dr. Frederick Eichmiller, director of the ADA Foundation's Paffenbarger Research Center, has been named chair of the national Learning For Life's Health Careers Exploring Committee.
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Dr. Eichmiller
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Learning For Life is a national organization that helps youth develop social and life skills necessary for becoming responsible adults. One program under that umbrella is the National Health Careers exploring program, which assists local organizations such as dental societies that are interested in setting up Explorer Posts to enable youth to explore various careers.
"My early Exploring experience with a local physician as my mentor certainly played a pivotal role in my career," said Dr. Eichmiller, whose term on the committee lasts two years. He became involved with Exploring at age 14.
"Exploring programs provide a perfect venue for professionals in a community to mentor local youth during their teenage years, a time when many are first beginning to consider their career choices," he added. "Programs like this are key to shaping the future of our profession."
In August 2005, Dr. Eichmiller served as the ADA's representative on a health careers panel and presented "Careers in the Dental Profession" workshops at the National Health Careers Exploring Exposition in Bethesda, Md.
The ADA provides a variety of resources to help promote dental careers. For more information, go to www.ada.org/goto/careers.
Dental societies, dental schools and individual dentists are also encouraged to become involved with their local Learning For Life office to help promote dental careers on the local level.
To find your local office, go to www.learning-for-life.org/exploring  and enter your zip code.
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