WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program is hiring, due 09/15/19
Applications are now open for the inter-professional WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program. The deadline is in about 2 weeks. The Seattle application has been extended until September 15, 2019. I am passing on the following information to you from the WWAMI AHEC Program.
What is it?
- An interdisciplinary educational and training program focusing 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 (but that is not a stipulation for acceptance).
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students as having special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.
Who can apply?
- You can apply if you are enrolled in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree.
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- Last year in Seattle, the program had students from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, PT/OT, communication disorders, PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr.
- This year, 101 students across Washington and Idaho are enrolled in the program.
How do I apply?
What is the structure?
- This is a two-year inter-professional program in which you would learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into your practice.
- You can take the courses for UW elective credit or no credit/no cost.
- If you complete the program, you would will receive a certificate of completion.
- Year One:
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- Introduction to AHEC Scholars
- 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
- 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health Course I (can be online or in-person/on campus). Classes are taught in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.
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- 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
- 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health II (can be online or in-person/on campus). Classes are taught in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.
- Spring networking event
- Graduation ceremony
What topics are covered?
- The core topic areas of this program are:
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- 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 competency 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 Zika virus, pandemic influenza, opioid abuse, and geographically relevant health issues.
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