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Professional Education for Your Staff Made Easy
Whether a for profit or non-profit, we are all experiencing the ever present challenge of decreased budgets this year and the difficult decisions that follow. For many organizations, the cuts come in the way of staff development and education. We all know that keeping your healthcare staff aware of the latest clinical information is still important to you, but how you do it may have changed. The question arises... "how can I be asked one more time to do more with less, can I wear one more hat?" Let Gulfcoast South AHEC show you how. Continuing Education credits for several healthcare disciplines are available, and through our affiliation with the USF College of Medicine, we also provide Continuing Medical Education. GSAHEC facilitates all paperwork and requirements for the appropriate licensure boards and awards certificates of completion or attendance. We can offer credit for the following healthcare disciplines: Florida licensed nurses, Dietitians, Clinical social workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Pharmacists, Dentists and Physicians. Visit FDOH for a list of CE requirements. Let us take care of the details, so you don't have to! For more information, please contact Charlene Chirillo, RN at (941)361-6602 ext.26 or visit our website for a complete description of our services.
The Good, The Iffy and the "Don't Go There": Setting and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
November 12, 2010
9 am until noon - Lakewood Ranch Medical Ctr
Presenter: Kent Kauffman, LCSW Contact Charlene Chirillo, RN at (941)361-6602, ext.26 for more information _________________________________
GSAHEC's Tobacco Training and Cessation program offers quit smoking support at various times/locations in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Businesses in these areas may arrange for special on-location employee groups. Services now available in Spanish.
To learn more call (941)552-1283
or (866)534-7909 or visit our website.
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this baseball fundraiser being held September 3, 2010 for our community partner, Charlotte County Healthy Start Coalition.
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Gulfcoast South AHEC Youth Programs is now on Facebook!
GSAHEC realizes that the Internet has become a useful tool to help educate and communicate with students, teachers, parents, community partners, and the online world. In an effort to broaden our outreach and track the educational path of current and former students who have participated in our AHEC programs, we have created a Facebook fan page. If you are familiar with Facebook and are already a user, please follow the link to become a fan/friend of Gulfcoast South AHEC Youth Programs.
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Congratulations to State College of Florida (SCF) and longtime GSAHEC collaborator Dr. Bonnie Hesselberg, SCF Lakewood Ranch Provost and Dean of Nursing, on the grand opening of the new environmentally-friendly Medical Technology and Simulation Center at the Lakewood Ranch Campus. The new state-of-the-art 42,000 square foot facility will be used to train health professions students in a controlled, risk-free simulated hospital setting.
More information 3RNet - Check it Out!
For those of us interested in recruitment and retention of clinicians for Florida's rural and underserved areas, there are resources available. One is 3RNet, a nationally recognized rural recruitment and retention network that assists states with the recruitment of health professionals for underserved areas. Clinicians interested in becoming candidates for consideration may register here. Facilities seeking to list position vacancies should register and enter information on their job openings here.
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Best Bones Forever!
The Office on Women's Health needs your help promoting Best Bones Forever!, an adolescent bone health campaign to teach girls ages 9-14 and their parents about the importance of calcium, vitamin D, and physical activity for building strong bones. There are many ways to help promote Best Bones Forever! You can post information to your website, include information and a link in your e-newsletter or promotional materials, or post the campaign Web badges to your blog, Facebook page, or other social networking sites.
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HHS Launches New Consumer Focused Health Care Website
Health and Human Services has unveiled a new online tool that will connect consumers to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. Called for by the Affordable Care Act, this tool will provide consumers with both public and private health coverage options tailored specifically for their needs.
__________________________ Attention Cancer Stakeholders:
The Southwest Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (SWFLCCC) is dedicated to improving access to cancer care and decreasing the burden of cancer through a united effort by the promotion of education, advocacy, and research for the people of Southwest Florida. SWFLCCC is made up of participants with or without a formal health background who have a personal interest in advancing the effort to control and prevent cancer and serves as a networking and educational venue for those interested in the cancer control field. |
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ICHS 2010 - Addressing the Community's Needs in the Fight Against Tobacco
By: Emily M. Hite
GSAHEC's Interdisciplinary Community Health Scholars (ICHS) Program concluded on July 22, 2010, with a presentation by our scholars on their experiences developing and implementing a community project to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco with target populations in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota Counties.
 This year's GSAHEC ICHS interns were divided into two teams of four to focus on two issues of growing concern in our community: 1) morbidity and mortality from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and 2) the dangers and misconceptions associated with hookah use. The interns developed comprehensive educational campaigns to increase community knowledge of these topics and inspire action to prevent further harm.
The COPD team created presentations and developed educational materials that targeted both health care providers and patients to raise awareness on the risk factors associated with COPD and the effective use of spirometry to diagnose COPD. The hookah team developed resources and materials for local college campuses to address popular misconceptions about smoking hookah.
Both teams focused on collaborating with our local community partners and, with local support, conducted focus groups, implemented surveys and provided presentations in our community. Between the two teams, they provided 17 presentations to 193 attendees. They did an amazing job! If you or anyone at your agency is interested in learning more about the curricula created by the ICHS interns, please email Emily Hite, Tobacco Training Coordinator, or call (941)552-1280.
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Building the Healthcare Workforce Pipeline
By: Joan Beatty-Lee Across the United States there is an acute shortage of minority and/or underprivileged health professionals. As the diversity of the population continues to increase it is essential that health care providers reflect that diversity in order to insure better health outcomes for medically underserved populations. At local, state, and national levels, educational and training programs for health professionals continue to show an under-enrollment of minority and/or underprivileged students. The REACH program works to improve this outcome by sharing and exploring available information about health careers with interested students. Exposure to such careers is of paramount importance.
The REACH program is designed to provide minority and/or underprivileged students interested in health careers a rare and unique opportunity to explore a variety of health care occupations. Students that participate in the REACH program are eligible to apply for a summer internship. Gulfcoast South AHEC partners with health care organizations and academic health centers in the counties of DeSoto, Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota to provide these internships.
During the summer of 2010, three REACH interns: Kailey Taylor, Kris-An Hinds and Kyle Dynia were selected to each complete 90 hours of job shadowing and health careers projects (interviewing health professionals, researching colleges and their admittance requirements, journaling about their job experiences, etc.). This hands-on health care career experience allows them to learn from experienced health professionals, increases their knowledge about health careers, and motivates the students to develop effective short and long term health career plans. Read about their experience in their own words.
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GSAHEC Welcomes New Staff!
Petra Adamson
Program Assistant
Coming from a varied background including database management, network administration, graphic design and project management in the manufacturing and research development fields, Petra brings a wealth of expertise to GSAHEC and we are pleased to have her! 
Karla Brody, Tobacco Cessation Specialist Most recently employed with the Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging in Gainesville, Karla has a diverse background in nonprofit program administration, mental health services, volunteer management and medical and geriatric social work. Welcome to the team, Karla!
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So, What Did You Do All Summer?
By: Joan Beatty-Lee
GSAHEC is on a mission to recruit students from underserved and underrepresented communities into the primary care health fields. Every summer Gulfcoast South AHEC offers funding to community-based youth serving organizations to develop and implement Health Careers Summer Camps in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties. The purpose of the summer camps  is to expose students to health careers, assist them in establishing a career in health, and encourage them to work in underserved areas.
During the summer of 2010, eight youth serving organizations were funded to coordinate twelve summer camps for a total of 160 camp participants and 666 camp program hours. Students were treated to fun filled days exploring health careers, interviewing health care professionals, and visiting county health departments, private practice physician offices, area hospitals, and local academic institutions.
Recruiting students from underserved and underrepresented communities into the primary care health fields via summer camps is a prescription for success. The health of our nation depends upon it.
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