2023 Arkansas HOSA State Leadership Conference

Arkansas HOSA State Leadership Conference:

Each year Arkansas HOSA - Future Health Professionals hosts a State Leadership Conference in the spring for members. The 2022 State Leadership Conference, which was held over two days in March, was attended by 650 members who met at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

The conference gives student members who have become involved in HOSA the opportunity to further develop and build leadership skills, acquire health care related competencies through competitive events, and gain networking opportunities with students across the state who share similar interests and goals.

The Arkansas HOSA State Leadership Conference also features industry partners as exhibitors, giving them the opportunity to interact with the largest gathering of future health professionals in the state.

In 2022, 45 Competitive Events were featured, with each member allowed to compete in one event.  The Competitive Events Program is designed to motivate HOSA members and provide a system for recognizing the competencies developed by members through Health Science and Biomedical Science class instruction, related job training, and HOSA related activities. 

Competitive events motivate HOSA members to improve their knowledge and skills.  HOSA provides a national competitive events program as a means of recognizing those students who are willing to pursue excellence by preparing for competition and having the determination to attend a conference and participate in a competitive event. 

The top three competitors in each event are awarded a medal and are eligible to compete at the HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC).  

In 2022, 100 Arkansas HOSA members attended the ILC in Nashville, TN.