Cass Regional Medical Center hosts health care education experience for high school students
Contact: Cassie Wieberg
Harrisonville, MO – Cass Regional Medical Center hosted a class June 11-12 for area high school students interested in health care. The two day event, located at Cass Regional Medical Center, 2800 E. Rock Haven Rd, Harrisonville, Mo. SCRUBS (Student Centered Readiness and Understanding of Basic Skills) in Health Care was sponsored by the Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation.
There were 25 students in attendance for the first session. To apply, students were required to be in graded 9-12 for the 2025-2026 school year. This was the first of two events planned this summer.
Participants received hands-on experience in a variety of settings, including emergency, radiology, therapy and surgery. They competed in physical therapy relay races, tested breathing skills with pulmonology machines, met with local emergency personnel, and practiced suturing and surgical procedures.
Each participant received a shirt and scrub pants to wear on day two. After completing the class, students received a certificate of completion.
Our Purpose
SCRUBS in Health Care was created by the education department at Cass Regional Medical Center to introduce high school age students to the health care field. Participants left the experience with a better idea of what field of health care might be right for them.
About Cass Regional Medical Center
Cass Regional Medical Center is a critical access hospital that maintains a 21-bed medical/surgical unit, a four-bed intensive care unit, and a 10-bed behavioral health unit. Services provided by Cass Regional include emergency care; general and specialty surgery; and rehabilitation services which include nationally-recognized cardiac rehabilitation and diabetes education programs. The hospital offers advanced diagnostic capabilities such as MRI, CT and PET-CT scanning, digital and 3-D mammography, nuclear medicine and a nationally-accredited sleep study lab.
About Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation
Through the charitable support of its donors, the foundation administers programs that make lives better for Cass Regional’s patients, staff, and the greater community. Foundation projects that have made a positive impact include funding for medical equipment; funding for construction of the medical center’s Emergency Department, Chapel, and Healing Garden; scholarship programs, and assistance funds for Cass Regional’s patients and employees. The foundation also supports the maintenance of the Memorial Garden and the Healing Garden on the hospital campus.