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Upcoming Events
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24 - Dental Workshop, Kirksville
30 - HOSA State Conference @ Washington, MO
April
3 - Respiratory Dissection @ ATSU/KCOM
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Staff
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Michelle Mollick, Executive Director
Dinah Coles, Office Manager
Becky Dawson, Health Ed. Coord.
Nancy Johnson, Health Careers Coord.
NEMO AHEC, 312 S. Elson St. Kirksville, MO 63501
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Board Members
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Janice Clark, Ed. D
Barb Primm, BSN, RN
Tanya Taylor, BS
Audrey Gough, BSN
Leanna Leake, FNP
NEMO AHEC serves 21 counties:
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MAHEC Mission
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To enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventative care, by growing and supporting Missouri's healthcare workforce.
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Applying to College
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The Missouri deadline to file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is April 2nd by midnight, Central Time. You can file for free at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.
Federal aid includes grants, work-study, and interest bearing educational loans.
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Scholarship Corner
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Looking for financial help to continue your education? Check out these websites:
Discovernursing.com offers a scholarship search engine to help high school and college students as well as practicing nurses find funds for their education.
The Tylenol Future Care Scholarship will award a total of $250,000 to forty future healthcare professionals (already enrolled in undergraduate or graduate school). Ten applicants will receive $10,000 and thirty applicants will receive $5,000. Application Period: March 12 - May 31 & awards are announced: August 31, 2012.
Nordstrom will award $10,000 scholarships to 80 outstanding high school juniors with at least a 2.7 GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) who volunteer or participate in community services or extracurricular activities and plan on attending an accredited four-year college or university. Applications are due May 1st.
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Health Careers Spotlight
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Field: Medicine
Job: Physician or Surgeon
Average salary in MO: $156,000
Predicted job growth:
5-9.9% growth in 2008-2018
Education: Bachelors (4 yrs.) + Doctorate (4 yrs.) + Specialty Training /Residency (3-8 yrs)
Source: Missouri Health Careers
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Health Career Clubs - HOSA State Meeting
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 Nine NEMO AHEC students will be competing at the Missouri HOSA Conference on March 30th, 2012. They are as follows: Hannah Scott and Collin Rardon, CPR/First Aid; Miranda Brittain, Epidemiology; Kaylee Michael, Nutrition; Mackenzie Shepherd, Medical Math; Jessica Hoover, Medical Photo; Morgan Gray and Tristian Rardon, Medical Terminology; and Andra Slyvester, Physical Therapy.
We wish you the best of luck at state!
 | | Milan officers at the chartering ceremony are (left to right) Jessica Hoover, Reporter/ Historian; Collin Rardon, Vice President; Hannah Scott, President; Deborah Thompson, Treasurer; Miranda Brittain, Secretary. Not pictured: Ryan Keuhn, Volunteer Coordinator. |
Funding for this project is provided in part by the Missouri Foundation for Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves. |
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Medical Explorations in Science & Anatomy*
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On March 8th, twenty-six high school students explored the cardiovascular system via a lecture and dissection lab hosted on the A.T. Still University campus.
Osteopathic medical students Jared Nichols and Jake Frisbee - who are completing an additional one year Anatomy Fellowship program - constructed the "Key to My Heart" experience to provide a basic understanding of coronary chambers, vessels, and valves. Students dissected sheep hearts, practiced taking blood pressure on one another, and viewed a pacemaker within a human cadaver. The participating high school students are enrolled at Green City R-1, Kirksville R-3, Knox County R-1, Milan C-2, Newtown Harris R-III and Shelby County R-IV.
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HOSA members Kathlee Medina and Jennyelee Lopez from Milan C-2 High School dissect a sheep heart with the guidance of Osteopathic Medical Student Jared Nichols.
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April 3, 2012 ** 4:30-7:00pm ~ Cost: $20 "You Take My Breath Away" - An exploration of the anatomy, physiology, disease, and trauma of the respiratory system. Discussion and activities will help students draw corollaries between sheep organ dissection and human anatomy. Students will also learn and practice the process of intubating a trainer mannequin.
Kirksville workshops will be held: LIVE! at A.T. Still University - Microbiology Lab, 800 W. Jefferson Street, Kirksville. To register and for campus directions, please contact Dinah at 660-665-6404 or dcoles@nemoahec.org
*Medical Explorations in Science & Anatomy (M.E.S.A.) are interactive distance learning workshops which provide hands-on educational opportunities to enhance skills and to academically prepare and motivate high school students who are interested in healthcare careers. Fees includes pre-course assignment, hands-on instruction, lecture notes, assessment and use of dissection equipment and specimens.
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Allied Health Workshop
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Seven high school students enjoyed 'Movin' and Grovin' with Allied Health' which was held at the Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center in Kirksville, on February 20th.
Students opened the morning with team-building activities, explored personal health and well-being, learned about degrees in psychology and social work, and became well-versed in the hospital's chronic disease self management program. After lunch, the students had hands-on experiences in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, and speech therapy. During the occupational therapy session, the students measured their grip, saw through diseased eyes, and used helping aids that patients utilize after surgery. The day ended with speech therapy activities where the students drank thickened water, and tried to swallow cheese and crackers. Presenters also fastened electrodes to their hands to see what speech patients feel on their throats during therapy.  | | Nancy Averil, MA., CCC-SLP; Kelli Maeder, MS., CCC-SLP; and HOSA students Alexis Shields and Kendra Sinclair from Milan C-2 High School are laughing it up with electrodes fastened to their hands, mimicking a treatment provided during therapy. |
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Summer Health Career Camps
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Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau offers 4-day long summer camps for high school Girls and Guys interested in nursing and other health careers. Tuition ranges from $230-$275 including room and board. Click here to get June 2012 camp applications. Deadline: April 1.
 The University of Missouri - Kansas City Hospital Hill Health Science Camp is a weeklong academy designed to introduce high school students, primarily from minority, underrepresented, and rural populations, to health professional careers. Students attend sessions at UMKC's Hospital Hill campus for one week in June and learn about careers in dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and educational pathways. This program requires only a $25 non-refundable application fee.
Click here for the June 2012 camp application. Deadline: April 2.
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