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AHEC Scholars Program Recruiting Now- Deadline 09/01

AHEC Scholars program is recruiting students for 2021-2023. Deadline is Sept 1. First class is Tuesday evenings in January (6 sessions), second class is Tuesday evenings in September (six sessions). If students have an academic conflict with those evenings, they will work with you to find a solution.

WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program

Watch the videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-celn_Q-zg

https://youtu.be/FqsHsra3bms

Visit the website: https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/wwami-ahec-scholars-program/

 

What is it?

  • An interdisciplinary education and training program held outside regular school hours.
  • Aimed to increase the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce.
  • It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in rural and underserved areas.
  • Students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial/ethnic groups inadequately represented in health care are especially suited for this program (but that is not a condition of acceptance).

 

What is the structure?

  • A two-year inter-professional program.
  • You learn about other disciplines.
  • You develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.
  • You can take the courses for UW elective credit if you are a UW student, or for no credit at no cost.
  • If you complete the program, you would receive a Certificate of Completion.
  • The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) would identify you as having “Special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.”

 

  • Year One:

Kick-off event-Introduction to AHEC Scholars

40 hours of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites

40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health Course I. Classes are held in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.

Optional field trip

  • Year Two:

40 hours of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites

40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health II.  Classes are held in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.

Optional field trip

Spring networking event and graduation ceremony

 

What core topics are covered?

  • Interprofessional education
  • Behavioral health integration – 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 management, workflow changes, measuring outcomes, adapting existing 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.

 

Who can apply?

  • The program is open to students in health professional programs that end in a certificate or degree.

Last year, 80 students across Washington and Idaho took the program.

In Seattle, there were students from UW Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics, PA (MEDEX) and ND. Students also joined from Bastyr, Seattle University, and Shoreline Community College.

 

How do I apply?

https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/wwami-ahec-scholars-program/

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