{"id":12488,"date":"2020-07-10T05:40:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T12:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:42:34","slug":"wwami-ahec-scholars-program-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/2020\/07\/wwami-ahec-scholars-program-apply-now\/","title":{"rendered":"WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program &#8211; Apply Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Application &amp; More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seattle: <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/redcap.iths.org\/surveys\/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&amp;site=1&amp;cohortyear=2020__;!!JYXjzlvb!zZ_tvAiIS1XmtcVIMXXKqJOn3j6apWkY8eTzxK9HXrrRBS8ioh05rf5S89t6gI9f$\">https:\/\/redcap.iths.org\/surveys\/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&amp;site=1&amp;cohortyear=2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications are now open for the interprofessional\u00a0elective <strong><em>WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program<\/em><\/strong>. There is not a specific deadline, but spaces are open until filled.\u00a0 This program is designed for students who will be a graduate student through the next two years, so good for DAY 1 and EDP 1 and 2 students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video! <\/strong>Video Link:\u00a0 <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit the website: <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interdisciplinary educational and training program focusing on increasing the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce that specializes in rural and underserved areas.<\/li>\n<li>It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in these areas.<\/li>\n<li>It especially seeks to help\u00a0students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial\/ethnic groups that are inadequately represented in health care (but that is not a stipulation for acceptance).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students as having\u00a0<em>special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the structure?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This\u00a0is a two-year inter-professional program in\u00a0which you would learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.<\/li>\n<li>You can take the courses for UW elective credit if you are a UW student or no credit\/no cost.<\/li>\n<li>If you complete the program, you would will receive a certificate of\u00a0completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who can apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can apply if you are in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree. (The long list of accepted disciplines is in the application.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Last year in Seattle, the program had students from UW Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT\/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics , PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr, Doctorate of Nursing students from Seattle University and and Shoreline Community College Nursing joined also.<\/li>\n<li>This past year, 100 students across Washington and Idaho were enrolled in\u00a0the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>For more information contact:<br \/>\n<\/u><strong>Stacey L. Morrison, MLIS, MA<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Director, WWAMI AHEC Program Office<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:slmorr01@uw.edu\">uwahec@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application &amp; More Information Seattle: https:\/\/redcap.iths.org\/surveys\/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&amp;site=1&amp;cohortyear=2020 Applications are now open for the interprofessional\u00a0elective WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program. There is not a specific deadline, but spaces are open until filled.\u00a0 This program is designed for students who will be a graduate student through the next two years, so good for DAY 1 and EDP 1 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interest-areas","category-just-for-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20198,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions\/20198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}