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Upcoming Events
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12-13: Adair Co. M*A*S*H Camp
19-20: Marion Co. M*A*S*H Camp
24-25: ATSU/TSU Visit Day
August
1: Sullivan Co. M*A*S*H Camp
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ATSU/TSU Visit Days
July 24th-25th
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All high school and college students are welcomed to apply to be part of the Campus Visit Day happening at the end of this month!
The two-day event will include a business dinner with etiquette lessons, interactive presentations of Truman State University health occupation programs, and workshops at A.T. Still University involving the medical and dental schools.
Applications can be downloaded at nemoahec.org, or contact Maegan Hilton at hosa@nemoahec.org . The application due date is July 13th. Contact Maegan for any questions.
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Nursing Updates
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Male Nurses Provide a Unique Perspective. . . With healthcare emerging as one of the nation's fastest growing industries and the demand for nurses continuing to rise, more men are showing heightened interest in the nursing profession. The growing number of men in nursing is promising for several reasons - one being that more men entering the field could help address the nursing shortage. Yet despite the narrowing of the gender gap, men can still face major hurdles as a minority in nursing. (read more...)
Check out its recently launched Discover Nursing YouTube Channel - which houses "A Day in the Life" videos, Campaign commercials and the "Patient Perspectives" video series. To watch videos on the Discover Nursing Channel on YouTube, we invite you to visit www.youtube.com/JNJDiscoverNursing |
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Health Careers Spotlight
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 Field: Nursing
Job: Advanced Nursing - Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Anesthetist
Average salary in MO: $76,000
Predicted job growth:
4.9% or less growth in 2008-2018
Education: Bachelors Degree (4 yrs)
and Masters Degree (2 yrs)
Source: Missouri Health Careers
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Staff
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Michelle Mollick, Executive Director
Dinah Coles, Office Manager
Becky Dawson, Health Ed. Coord.
Maegan Hilton, Health Careers Coord.
Vanessa Shaw, Summer Camp Intern
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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Careers in Health =
Numerous, Fast-Growing, Well-Paying
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Seven teachers, counselors, and school nurses recently completed the 2012 T.E.A.C.H. Academy in Kirksville. Teachers Exploring and Advocating Careers in Health is an experiential and classroom hybrid workshop that engages high school educators in becoming "health career champions". With financial support from the Missouri Foundation for Health, logistics support from A. T. Still University, and a predominance of speakers from Northeast Regional Medical Center, this workshop provided a launching platform for AHEC's technical assistance to area high school educators.
Over the two-day experience (June 12-13), the group engaged with some fantastic guest speakers! Topics included an introduction to health professions shortage data, preparing students for college, connecting teamwork and communication to health career aptitude, and ways to apply a love of psychology to health care.
We were fortunate to hear from several professionals and health care support personnel during worksite experiences. These included tours and presentations involving nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapies; athletic training; dietary services; radiology; laboratory sciences; and in-patient pharmacy. Support personnel in the finance, marketing, outreach, and instructional technology departments discussed how their roles contribute to daily hospital operations - thereby increasing access to health care services.
All participants received resource binders and have been enrolled in AHEC technical assistance opportunities. NEMO AHEC intends to replicate the T.E.A.C.H. Academy in June of 2013 and 2014 to enable high school personnel from across the region an opportunity to participate. For more information, contact Maegan Hilton at hosa@nemoahec.org or 660.665.6404.
 | Participants in 2012 T.E.A.C.H. Academy were left to right:
back row: Helen Leslie, Diane Tucker, Michele Collins, Terri Magers;
front row: Maegan Hilton, Michelle McLaughlin, Joann Anderson, Danita Gordon |
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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M*A*S*H Camps for Middle Schoolers
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M*A*S*H (Missouri AHEC Science and Health) Camp is in full swing!At the Pike County Camp (June 28-29), twenty-three middle-school campers were busy making Public Service Announcements, learning about: kidneys, diabetic injections, ultrasound, cardiograms, the hospital lab, nutrition, bones, physical therapy and emergency medical services. The students were excited to experience a broad perspective of health care careers at Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana. Similar activities are scheduled for the other three M*A*S*H Camps, which will be held in: Hannibal, MO (Marion County), Kirksville, MO (Adair County), and Milan, MO (Sullivan County). Click here to view a newscast from Heartland Connection KTVO Channel 3 News promoting the upcoming Adair County M*A*S*H Camp. For more information, contact Vanessa Shaw at vgs4566@truman.edu or 660.665.6404.  | |
Dr. Thomas Albus, MD, teaches campers basic splinting and explains his career as an orthopedic surgeon at Pike County Memorial Hospital.
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Dee Smith, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager DCI, show students Lance Griffith (center) of Wentzville and Tyler Conklin (right) of Bowling Green how a kidney works.
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 National HOSA Leadership Conference | Over 7,000 HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) members, judges, VIPs and advisers converged at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort for fun, fellowship, competition, awards and leadership development from June 19-23. HOSA is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of health care to all people. See www.hosa.org for more information.
Milan HOSA Adviser Helen Leslie and student competitor Jessica Hoover had a great time at the National HOSA Leadership Conference in Orlando, FL.
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