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Job Shadowing Opportunities
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Opportunities are available for undergraduate pre-medical and pre-dental students to job shadow within certain Kirksville clinics.
For more information on qualification requirements, please contact Dinah Coles at dcoles@nemoahec.org.
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Need a Healthcare Workshop?
We can provide one for you!
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Have an event or a club where you would like a healthcare workshop provided? We can provide one for you!
Available topics include:
- Emergency Preparedness
- Health Literacy & Service Learning
- Biomedical Ethics
- Medical Terminology
- Nutrition
- Health Careers (Basic overview, or specific for certain career options)
- AND MORE!
For more information, please contact Anna Kaminski: akaminski@nemoahec.org
or
(660) 665-6404
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Board Members
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Janice Clark, EdD, President
Sandra Clarkson, FNP-BC
Audrey Gough, BSN, Treasurer
Leanna Leake, FNP, Secretary
Tanya Taylor, BS
Connie Thompson, RN, ADN
Susan Wathen, SPHR
NEMO AHEC serves 21 counties:
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NEMO AHEC Staff
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Becky Dawson
Executive Director
Dinah Coles
Office Manager
Anna Kaminski
Health Careers & Health Education Coordinator
Emilie Maierhofer
Program Coordinator
NEMO AHEC 312 S. Elson St. Kirksville, MO 63501
(660) 665-6404
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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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Health Career Spotlight
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Field: Health Administration
Job: Medical Records & Health Information Technicians
Job Description: Organize and manage health information data. They ensure its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients' medical and treatment histories.
2012 Median Salary: $34,160
Predicted job growth:Increase by 22% by 2022 (much faster growth than average)
Education: Postsecondary certificate and associate's degree programs in health information technology typically include courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, health data requirements and standards, classification and coding systems, healthcare reimbursement methods, healthcare statistics, and computer systems. Applicants to health information technology programs increase their chances of admission by taking high school courses in health, computer science, math, and biology.
Important Qualities
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Analytical Skills: Must be able to understand and follow medical records and diagnoses, and then decide how to best code them in a patient's medical records.
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Detail Oriented: Must be accurate when recording and coding patient information.
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Integrity: Work with patient data that are required by law to be kept confidential. They must exercise caution when working with this information to protect patient confidentiality.
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Interpersonal Skills:
Need to be able to discuss patient information, discrepancies, and data requirements with other professionals such as physicians, finance and insurance personnel.
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Physical Strength:
Must be able to learn and use coding and classification software and the organization's Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
Source: www.bls.gov
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HIT THE ROAD FOR HEALTH CAREERS
June 12-13, 2014
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Don't forget to R.S.V.P. for the 2014 "Hit the Road for Health Careers:" A.T. Still Univerity & Truman State University Campus Visit Day event!
This two-day event features ALL hands-on,
skill-based activities for high school juniors and seniors, and any student in college. It is where health care professionals bring passion about their field, and meet students from across the state that are simmering with excitement about the possibility of their future in a health career.
Students will participate in hands-on activities... things that health care professionals do every day. Things like testing hearing and fitness, assessing a patient, or surveying a scene to detect potentially dangerous situations, and learning by interacting with real patients!
Previous students have said,
"You guys did awesome. Seriously, I now know much more about health care. Thank you!"
"I am so thankful for this wonderful opportunity. I learned so many useful tid-bits!"
"I just wish it was longer and not just two days."
This event has 2 tracks*:
- Undergraduate Health Programs - focused on allied health careers and nursing; primarily on the Truman State University campus with events at A.T. Still University as well.
- Graduate Health Programs - focused on a day in the life of a medical or dental student; all activities occur on the A.T. Still University campus.
 *Students are free to choose their own track! The fee for the event is $20 for commuters, or $40 with housing. The fee includes instruction, all meals, transportation and housing if you choose that option.
Please RSVP by Friday, June 6!
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Emilie Maierhofer at emaierhofer@nemoahec.org or at 660-665-6404.
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2014 M*A*S*H Camps
...coming to a county near you!
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Missouri AHEC Science & Health (M*A*S*H) camps are two-day "hands-on" science and health summer day camps for students entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grades; aimed to spark an interest in healthcare and science prior to high school coursework. Camp instructors include health professionals, health educators, and faculty from area high schools and colleges. Students participate in a variety of activities including chemistry/biology labs, scrub/dissection labs, Emergency Medical Service demonstrations, hospital tours, and other healthcare career activities.
The camp fee of $40.00 includes the following:
- two-day camp instruction
 - classroom materials
- lunch & snacks
- M*A*S*H Camp t-shirt
- group photos, and MORE!
**Scholarships are available to those with a financial need. For more information, please call our office.
2014 M*A*S*H Camps
- Vandalia-Farber R-1 School: June 18 (Check with Mrs. Crane, Elementary Principal for more details).
- Linn County (Brookfield): July 8-9
- Adair County (Kirksville): July 15-16
- Marion County (Hannibal): July 17-18
- Randolph County (Moberly): July 24-25
- Lincoln County (Troy): July 29-30
- Macon County (Macon): July 31-Aug 1
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National HOSA Leadership Conference
June 25-28, 2014
Orlando, FL
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Ten NEMO AHEC HOSA students and five school advisors will attending the National HOSA Leadership Conference (NLC) this June in Orlando, Florida.
We have representatives from the following schools/organizations attending NLC:
- Green City R-1
- Knox Co. R-1
- Milan C-2
- Newtown-Harris R-3
- NEMO AHEC Staff (Anna Kaminski)
The HOSA National Leadership Conference includes:
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Informational Video Clips
Health Information Technologist
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View the following videos to gain different perspectives on what a career in
Health Information Technology/Management
is all about!
 | | Professional Testimonial (HIT/HIM Professional Perspective) |
 | | What is Health Information Management |
 | | Health Information Management Careers: Depart of Labor Video Contest |
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