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Washington AHEC Scholars Program Recruiting – Deadline 9/9

Dear Students:

The Washington AHEC Scholars Program (formerly WWAMI AHEC Scholars program), a FREE interprofessional elective opportunity, is recruiting applicants for Fall 2022.

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What is it?

  • An interdisciplinary educational and training program focused on increasing the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce that specializes in rural and underserved areas.
  • It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in these areas.
  • It especially seeks to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial/ethnic groups that are inadequately represented in health care (identifying as one or more of these is NOT a stipulation for acceptance).
  • The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students that complete the program as having special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.

What is the structure?

  • This is a two-year interprofessional program in which you will learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.
  • Several information and networking social events will be hosted on UWSOM campus throughout both years.
  • You can take the courses for elective credit if you are a UW student or no credit/no cost (option for both UW students and students from other institutions).
    • Year One: 
      • Kick off event-Introduction to AHEC Scholars
      • 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
        • Students may count clinical work from their primary program of study if it is completed in a rural or underserved setting
      • 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health Course I
        • Synchronous online classes in the evenings to best accommodate your schedule
      • Optional field trip
    • Year Two:
      • 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
        • Students may count clinical work from their primary program of study if it is completed in a rural or underserved setting
      • 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health II 
        • Synchronous online classes in the evenings to best accommodate your schedule
      • Spring networking event and graduation ceremony with completion certificates
      • Optional field trip

What topics are covered? 

  • Interprofessional education
  • Behavioral health integration – integrating primary and behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)
  • Social determinants of health and their impact on your patients’ health.
  • Cultural humility training
  • Practice transformation: goal-setting, leadership, practice facilitation, workflow changes, measuring outcomes, adapting organizational tools and processes to support new team-based models of health care delivery
  • Current and emerging health issues such as COVID-19, opioid abuse, and geographically relevant health issues.
  • Community Health Work
  • Telehealth

Who can apply?

  • You can apply if you are in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree
  • Historically the program has graduated students from Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Social Work, PA, DNP and N.D.
  • The long list of accepted disciplines is provided in the application

How do I apply?

  • Visit the website for more information and to access the application!

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