Leadership is built upon a cheerful attitude and perseverance through adversity, which are also transferable skills to careers in medicine. Every day, youth and adult Arrowmen make positive impacts in the medical field. Though it may be tough finding that balance between medicine and brotherhood, it is attainable as shown by even our national chair, Dr. Chris Grove, MD. From a youth EMT to an adult nurse, you can utilize your OA experience to succeed in the medical field.
Peyton J. is currently an EMT and his lodge’s youth ceremonies chair. Peyton’s current long-term goal is to become a practicing paramedic. He determined this career path when he saw how passionate paramedics worked to help his family during an emergency. From that moment, Peyton found his calling to become a professional that could provide families with a similar feeling of solace that he experienced that day. Scouting and the OA have taught him to find his voice and become a leader amongst his peers both while on camp staff and serving as a ceremonialist. The skills of developing and working within a team have been extremely applicable to his career in EMS as they are soft skills he practices daily. The OA has motivated him to become the best provider he can be to his patients!
Gus H. is a retired medical/surgical nurse in a surgical intensive care unit with a specialty in orthopedics. She also serves as the chief health officer for her Scout camp and as her lodge’s Vigil adviser. Leadership and teamwork are the two qualities she has seen to be the most transferable between the OA and medicine. She has had the opportunity to work as a leader within numerous teams as a skilled professional to cure patients and aid in times of distress. While at Scouting events, she has also learned more about the prominent reality of medicine at camp. She has seen this most as she met numerous Scouts with various medical, mental, and physical needs. By meeting new people and helping with medical staff, she learned the current and future status of healthcare.
Through Peyton and Gus, it is evident that Arrowmen play an important role in the future of medicine. The values of teamwork and leadership that are developed within the OA are used in a practical healthcare setting throughout life. Brotherhood begins as an Arrowmen and is continuously utilized when serving in the medical field.