{"id":4371,"date":"2019-07-24T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:28:54","slug":"hec-student-aims-for-a-career-helping-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/hec-student-aims-for-a-career-helping-others\/","title":{"rendered":"HEC Student Aims for a Career Helping Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe biggest thing for me, that surprised me, is how much the professors care,\u201d said Ashley Hamilton, Orthotics &amp; Prosthetics student at St. Petersburg College. \u201cThey\u2019ll sacrifice their free time just so they can help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashley moved from Georgia to Florida in pursuit of her education. She comes from a family of nurses and, while also harboring an interest in engineering, hoped to pursue a career in healthcare. Rather than let go of one of her passions, Ashley found a happy marriage between the two in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Orthotics &amp; Prosthetics Technology A.S. program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/future-students\/degrees-training\/health-sciences-and-veterinary-technology\/orthotics-and-prosthetics-technology\" target=\"_blank\">Orthotics &amp; Prosthetics Technology A.S. program<\/a> at SPC\u2019s Caruth Health Education Center in Pinellas Park. The associate degree is the first and only two-year program of its kind in the state of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Ortho-Final-Blog-1024x847.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Ortho-Final-Blog-1024x847.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Ortho-Final-Blog-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/Ortho-Final-Blog-768x636.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Ashley Hamilton (top, second from the left) with some of her fellow Orthotics &amp; Prosthetics classmates outside at SPC&#8217;s Caruth Health Education Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashley is set to complete the program later this semester\nand will be pursuing a career as a prosthetic technician, a position that\nassists clinicians by developing and fabricating patient prosthesis. Her\nprimary goal is to channel her energy into helping those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the Orthotics &amp; Prosthetics Technology program at St. Petersburg College and other SPC healthcare programs, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spc.edu\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">www.spc.edu\/health<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley comes from a family of nurses and, while also harboring an interest in engineering, hoped to pursue a career in health care. Rather than let go of one of her passions, she found a happy marriage between the two in the Orthotics &#038; Prosthetics Technology A.S. program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1856,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[251,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-orthotics-and-prosthetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1856"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4444,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}