 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reid Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reid at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. On Wednesday, October 11th, 25th, 8th and 9th grade students from various schools in the region participated in Pikeville Medical Center's Medical Academy. The students were given a tour of PMC's main campus to learn about their different departments and career possibilities. Pikeville Medical Center hopes to guide a younger generation to working in the medical field. We had all students here today. So my office was a little tight at one point. But it's wonderful because this is what we're wanting. We want these students to come out and see what different types of career choices out there. And so they were, it was bubbling with energy. Everybody was really excited with coming in and getting started. And it's just a new adventure for them. I'm hoping that this is going to be generations down the road, that this is going to be one of our respiratory therapists. This is going to be someone who is doing with our lab. Could be possibly a nurse or a physician here at the hospital. So really and truly, we're grateful that these students are making that choice with coming here and seeing about the different careers at Pikeville Medical Center. Throughout the day, small groups of students were shown the lab, physical therapy and surgery departments. Some of them are motivated to pursue healthcare in the future. It's been good. It has helped me because just being up here today in the physical therapy and OT, it has helped because before coming here, I wasn't interested in physical therapy because I play sports. And I think this has helped me a lot. I think it's good to get kids like my age, like early in here, getting them at a young age, getting them in here, seeing what they like and stuff. So yeah, I think I really could see myself coming back here and working here in the future. I think this has helped me as of right now and in the future, I do see myself coming back here. My mom, my brother and my sister-in-law are all in the medical field and they've inspired me a lot since I was little. I think that it makes me feel really good because it gives students who are younger exposure to the different careers and things like that so that you can see if they would like to pursue a medical career and not wait until they are out of high school to try and explore that. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.