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Upcoming Allied Health Deans and Directors Networking Conference | |
First Statewide Meeting Will Offer Opportunities For Discussion
The Allied Health Center of Excellence and the AH Deans & Directors Planning Committee will host the first statewide Allied Health Deans & Directors Networking Conference to be held at Bellevue College on March 27, 2013. This conference will give AH Deans & Directors opportunities to share best practices and strategies to manage the following:
- Allied Health Clinical Placements
- Industry Partnerships
- Admission policies and practices for best outcomes
- New program development
- Industry clinical affiliation agreements / passports
- Faculty recruitment and retention
- Post-Secondary / Secondary Partnerships
Attendees will also obtain legislative updates, and information on opportunities for grant collaboration, open source curriculum and common course numbering.
When: March 27, 2013 - Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Bellevue College - Rm. D106
Planning Committee: Kevin McCarthy-Bellevue College, Blake Bowers-Clark College, Stephen Thomas- North Seattle Community College, Maria Macedo- Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Elizabeth Patterson- Edmonds Community College, Pat Copeland-Edmonds Community College, Alice Madsen-Highline Community College,
John Huber-Highline Community College, Cindy Woods-Whatcom Community College
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| Webinar - Snacking on Substance | |
Active Learning Cuts Rich Course Content into Bite-Size Chunks
The typical health sciences curriculum can be very difficult. Courses cover a multitude of important topics, and classes tend to be chock full of content. Most students leave lectures recalling only a portion of what was taught in class.
Constantly on the mission to make learning more effective for their students and create a better graduate, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University looked to active learning technologies to enhance the teaching and learning process.
Register for this complimentary online event to learn how Dr. Robert Malinowski, Director, Center for Academic Technologies, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, leverages technology to:
- Provide tools for instructors and students to actively engage in the teaching and learning process before, during and after class
- Segment content-rich lectures into digestible pieces with responsive technology interludes
- Recycle, rather than recreate, valuable course content across the duration of the degree program, creating a repository of reference materials for students
- Drive curriculum mapping in order to ensure that what's being taught is relevant to the real-world after graduation
- Share content with other institutions
- Support instructors while saving time and human resources through automated solutions
Whether you are considering a solution to record lectures, or looking for ways to engage your students, you'll gain insights into the successes and challenges of implementing an active learning strategy. Register today!
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| Student Opportunity - Project H.O.P.E. | |
Application Deadline March 29, 2013
Through Project H.O.P.E. Junior and Senior high school students are placed in internships at health care facilities within the student's local community. The internship will last between 4 and 6 weeks and is approximately 4 hours per day. The student will rotate through several health care departments within one or more facilities to experience the broad range of available health care careers. Students are encouraged to ask questions, observe procedures, find out about education requirements, and explore health careers.
Please post or share this information with interested students in your class, school, facility, or community. Feel free to call Bonnie Wagner at 509 358-7644 or email Bonniew@wsu.edu with any questions you might have.
Project H.O.P.E. is funded through the Washington State Department of Health, facilitated by the Office of Community and Rural Health, and coordinated by the Area Health Education Center of Eastern Washington, WSU Extension.
Applications are due by March 29, 2013. Apply Online at the WSU Extension Area Health Education Center.
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Upcoming Rural Health Conference - March 20/21, 2013 in Spokane | |
26th Annual NW Regional Rural Health Conference
The conference is designed to be of interest to a wide range of rural health advocates including providers, community leaders, administrators, board members, commissioners, policy makers, public health professionals and others.
The conference strives to stay abreast of current policy and regulatory developments at the federal, regional, state and local levels which impact healthcare delivery. Join colleagues from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska to share strategies and cutting edge ideas, discuss innovations and out-of-the-box ideas, and share success stories.
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Provide information on the effects of various system changes from state, regional and national perspectives. -
Equip workshop participants with the tools to decide on the best course of action for their situation. -
Disseminate information and strategies on rural health policy, research, management and practice issues. -
Provide a forum for discussion and idea exchange on rural health issues.
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| The Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force 2012 Annual Report |
Report Identifies Health Care Occupation Shortages
On behalf of the Task Force, the the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board analyzes the supply and demand for selected health care occupations. This report outlines the emerging issues related to the supply of health professionals in Washington. Included in this report is the Workforce Board data on graduations by health care occupation and a projection of future demand compared to current supply.
Read Full Report Here
Full Table of Health Care Occupations Projected Skills Gap Here
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UW Center for Health Science Interprofessional | Free Faculty Development Offered Through the University of Washington
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The Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Education and Practice offers free, self-paced, just-in-time web-based modules for faculty and clinical instructors. These web modules are developed by expert faculty in their fields using fundamental instructional methods designed to be easy to use, easy to learn and adaptable to your courses.
Subjects Offered:
- Distance Learning
- 6 comprehensive online modules covering lessons that introduce a framework for the design and delivery of effective distance and asynchronous instruction using accessible technologies.
- Teaching with Simulation
- 7 Simulation modules with lessons showing how to effectively teach with simulation. It covers the basics to advanced applications. There are also tools to help you plan your simulation, develop your simulation scenarios, and track students' outcomes.
- Clinical Informatics
- 8 modules that explains basic concepts found in clinical informatics so that the terms, and some of the accompanying technologies are better understood. Explore areas in healthcare where technology is changing the playing field.
- Computing and Technology Fundamentals
- Modules in Computing and Technology Fundamentals will enhance your understanding of computer hard/software, networking, information systems, and desktop system management skills. (Coming Soon)
Also offered is an Educator's Toolkit. The Interprofessional Educator's Toolkit is exportable training for instructors looking to improve collaborative interprofessional communication both within teams and with patients.
For more information and to signup for your free account visit their website Here.
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WWAMI Rural Health Research Center | |
Contributions of Comm. Colleges to the Education of AH Professionals in Rural Areas
Many rural areas face shortages of health care providers, including shortages of allied health professionals. Promoting allied health career pathways in rural areas through collaboration among community colleges, rural health care employers, and rural community development organizations not only supports rural health care delivery but also supports the important goal of rural economic development.
This study's purpose was to increase understanding of how community colleges contribute to allied health education and rural health care by (1) assessing which allied health occupations are most relevant to rural health care delivery and can be job-ready after completing an education program at a community college and (2) describing where these allied health community college programs were located in relation to rural populations and small rural hospitals across the United States in 2007-2009.
Full Report Policy Brief Main Website
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| Center for Health Workforce Studies | |
Health Workforce Questionnaires
The WWAMI CHWS has compiled questionnaires from various sources and organized them in the table below to assist policymakers, educators and researchers as they gather workforce data from health professionals. They encourages groups to use these resources as they develop questionnaires for their own health workforce studies.
The questionnaires are listed by health profession. Information about the year(s) they were implemented, sponsors, and contact information are included. Website
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