{"id":14339,"date":"2022-09-06T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/?p=14339"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:49:58","slug":"washington-ahec-scholars-program-recruiting-deadline-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/2022\/09\/washington-ahec-scholars-program-recruiting-deadline-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington AHEC Scholars Program Recruiting &#8211; Deadline 9\/9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Students:<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><em>Washington AHEC Scholars Program (formerly WWAMI AHEC Scholars program)<\/em><\/strong>, a FREE interprofessional elective opportunity, is recruiting applicants for Fall 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong>video<\/strong><strong>!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interdisciplinary educational and training program focused 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 (identifying as one or more of these is NOT a stipulation for acceptance).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students that complete the program 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 interprofessional program in\u00a0which you will learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.<\/li>\n<li>Several information and networking social events will be hosted on UWSOM campus throughout both years.<\/li>\n<li>You can take the courses for elective credit if you are a UW student or\u00a0no credit\/no cost\u00a0(option for both UW students and students from other institutions).\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Year One:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kick off event-Introduction to AHEC Scholars<\/li>\n<li>40 hours per year of community\/experiential\/clinical work in rural or underserved sites\n<ul>\n<li>Students may count clinical work from their primary program of study if it is completed in a rural or underserved setting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>40 hours of didactics through\u00a0<em>Rural\/Underserved Health Course I<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Synchronous online classes in the evenings to best accommodate your schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Optional field trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year Two:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>40 hours per year of community\/experiential\/clinical work in rural or underserved sites\n<ul>\n<li>Students may count clinical work from their primary program of study if it is completed in a rural or underserved setting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>40 hours of didactics through\u00a0<em>Rural\/Underserved Health II\u00a0<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Synchronous online classes in the evenings to best accommodate your schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spring networking event and graduation ceremony with completion certificates<\/li>\n<li>Optional field trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What topics are covered?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interprofessional\u00a0education<\/li>\n<li>Behavioral health integration &#8211; integrating primary and behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)<\/li>\n<li>Social\u00a0determinants of health and their impact on your patients\u2019 health.<\/li>\n<li>Cultural humility training<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Current and emerging\u00a0health issues such as COVID-19,\u00a0opioid abuse, and geographically relevant health issues.<\/li>\n<li>Community Health Work<\/li>\n<li>Telehealth<\/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<\/li>\n<li>Historically the program has graduated students from Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT\/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Social Work, PA, DNP and N.D.<\/li>\n<li>The long list of accepted disciplines is provided in the application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do I apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the\u00a0website\u00a0for more information and to access the application!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Students: The\u00a0Washington AHEC Scholars Program (formerly WWAMI AHEC Scholars program), a FREE interprofessional elective opportunity, is recruiting applicants for Fall 2022. 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