Behind the scenes in health

Sylvana's selfie with her baby in the Dental Assisting Program teaching lab at Santa Fe Community College

Sylvana Chavez is a new mom who is interested in pursuing training and work in Health Information Technology. Through PROTEC she interned for Dr. Aamna Nayyar in the Dental Assisting Program at Santa Fe Community College. One of Sylvana's main internship goals was to learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in a health clinic. At SFCC students work within a state of the art facility with La Familia Dental Clinic that is open to the public. Sylvana's work utilized MS Excel in organizing inventory for the dental program where she got a chance to see how support systems work in the medical field.

The medical field requires a lot of data management. The state of New Mexico has a vested interest in Health Information Technology and there is currently a statewide consortium through Sun Online where schools are partnering to train workers in the growing Health IT industries. http://www.sfcc.edu/sun

After her internship Sylvana will be spending some time with her new baby and going back to school. "I think I might be interested in Radiology and becoming a technician," she said by phone interview last week. We wish Sylvana the best of luck with her new baby and her future plans!