Press Release: Open house to view Three Rivers’ new PTA training lab
The nursing and allied health department at Three Rivers College will celebrate one year in its new downtown facility, as well as completion of a new training lab, this month.
Members of the public are invited to visit the Nursing and Allied Health Center at 4 p.m. Thursday during an open house event to view the new physical therapist assistant training lab.
The pilot semester of the new, high-demand PTA program, which was created in conjunction with Linn State Technical College, began last fall. Through this partnership, students take general education courses from Three Rivers for the first year, and then take the PTA coursework delivered by Linn Tech in Poplar Bluff the second year.
“We remain extremely proud of this facility, and of the partnership with Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center that made it possible,” said Kim Shackleford, director of nursing and allied health. “Now, with the addition of the new PTA lab, we have even more reason to show off our center.”
Refreshments will be served with comments to follow at approximately 5 p.m. The Nursing and Allied Health Center is located inside PBRMC’s South campus, and houses Three Rivers’ nursing program, as well as all allied health programs including surgical technology, medical laboratory assistance and EMS training.
