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Health Profession students
RESIDENTS & STUDENTS IN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS
Participants will receive 40 hours of training
(both clinical and didactic for a total of 80 hours)
each year of the program and will interact with other AHEC Scholars across Alabama.
The online classroom activities will utilize an online platform such as:
- Google Classroom
- Kaizen game application
- Book of the Year forum
Clinical training experiences will be interprofessional with at least one other healthcare discipline in an effort to better prepare health professional students to enter the workforce as part of a team.
For our post-secondary, health professions students, who are currently enrolled in a two-year or longer degree or certification program, the Alabama Statewide AHEC Program is in the development phase for an interdisciplinary program called
AHEC Scholars.
NAAHEC launched the program in
September 2018 for the following disciplines:
- Medical
- Nursing
- Social work or pharmacy
The program offers curriculum designed for students to focus on
six core topics that are critical for our future workforce:
- Interprofessional Education (IPE) or Team-Based Training
- Behavioral Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Cultural Competency as part of Patient-Centered Care
- Practice Transformation
- Current and Emerging Health Issues.
Facilitates the clinical training of health professions students and residents towards primary care through clinical rotations for:
- Medical students and residents
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Dentists
- and others in clinical rotations
Provides funding assistance for housing and mileage reimbursement.
Clinical training of health professions students and residents toward primary care through clinical rotations
Application deadline: September 30th, 2019
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High and Middle school students
Pipeline Program
- Provide exciting classroom presentations that promote and educate students on health careers.
- Offer fun, hands on activities and displays for on campus events - college and career fairs, health fairs, etc.
- Sponsor summer enrichment program – CampLEAP – and assist students find other relevant experiences.
- Arrange science related excursions and learning opportunities (i.e. job shadowing, hospital visits, college health program tours)
- Promote and support the local HOSA organizations and health science programs.
Exciting classroom presentations that promote and educate students on health careers.
Camp Leap (Learning Everything About Patients) Summer Enrichment program is a 5-day residential health careers exploration experience.
It is designed for high school students who have an interest in learning about health professions. Through intensive and interactive activities students experience basic health skills training, anatomy lab dissections, and other fun/educational workshops.
It is designed for high school students who have an interest in learning about health professions. Through intensive and interactive activities students experience basic health skills training, anatomy lab dissections, and other fun/educational workshops.
Local Schools participating in program:
Addison High School * Allen Thornton (Lauderdale) Career Technical Center
AP Brewer High School * Athens High School * Austin High School * Bob Jones High School *
Brewer High School * Brilliant High School * Buckhorn High School * Calhoun Community College * Cherokee High School * Colbert Heights High School * Columbia High School * Decatur High School * Double Springs Middle School * E Limestone High School * Florence High School * Hackleburg High School * Hartselle High School * Huntsville Middle School * Huntsville High School *
Jackson County/Scottsboro City Schools * Jasper High School * Jemison High School * Lakeside North * Lawrence County Career Tech Center * Lawrence County High School * Lawrence County Interagency Council * Madison County Tech Center * Muscle Shoals Career Tech Academy * New Century High School * Pisgah High School * Russellville High School * Section High School * Sparkman High School * Tanner High School * Walker County Career Tech * West Morgan High School * William Middle School * Winston County High School
Healthcare Providers
Supports healthcare providers to assess continuing education needs with CE or CME options
Offers professional support to address our State's major health care concerns
Participates in the clinical training of Alabama's next generation of health providers
