1. Health Professions Workforce AHEC as a national resource National Scope by the NAO: Donald E. Proulx, Associate Director University of Arizona AHEC Program Tucson, Arizona Sample AHEC Activities: Sean Clendaniel, Center Director Northern Arizona AHEC/ North Country HealthCare, Flagstaff, Arizona

4. AHEC NATIONAL NETWORK www.nationalahec.org

5. Federal AHEC Mission to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals, with an emphasis on primary care, through community and academic educational partnerships to increase access to health care in rural areas by forming linkages between health care delivery systems in rural and urban medically underserved communities and educational resources.

7. 1. Develop health career programs in medically underserved rural and urban areas to increase health professionals who represent diverse and disadvantaged people. FOUR AHEC PROGRAM GOALS

8. 2. Support clinical community-based multi- and inter-disciplinary training of primary care students and residents in health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) and medically underserved communities (MUCs) FOUR AHEC PROGRAM GOALS

9. 3. Provide current clinical updates and continuing professional education for health care providers in HPSAs and MUCs to reduce their isolation, to nurture their retention, and to enhance their practice environments . FOUR AHEC PROGRAM GOALS

10. 4. Promote improved health literacy, health promotion and disease prevention for increased access to quality and culturally appropriate care in uniquely different neighborhoods of medically underserved and diverse populations. FOUR AHEC PROGRAM GOALS

11. AHEC Linkages LINKAGES AHEC CENTERS COMMUNITIES HOSPITALS PRACTITIONERS SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICS/HEALTH CENTERS ADVOCACY GROUPS ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS

15. www.nationalahec.org National AHEC Network 109 VIP Drive, Suite 220 Wexford, Pennsylvania 15090 1-724-935-1560 fax 1-888-412-7424 voice [email_address]

16. Arizona AHEC Program Service Regions SEAHEC GVAHEC WAHEC NAHEC EAHEC Program Office Tucson (The University of Arizona) Mohave La Paz Navajo Yuma Coconino Apache Cochise Pinal Pima Santa Cruz Gila Graham Greenlee Yavapai Maricopa

22. NAHEC Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center

23. Service Area

25. NAHEC Relationship to North Country HealthCare began as a free clinic. In 1996 it transitioned to become a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQCHC). At this time NAHEC and North Country merged. NAHEC Learning Center

26. NAHEC is all about…

27. Students

28. Health Professionals

29. Improving Community Health

30. The following slides are a small glimpse into a few of our regional and community specific programs

31. Regional Programs

32. Outreach

33. HOSA HOSA is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

34. Future Health Leaders Summer Programs

35. MyHealthCareer.net We have created a place online where students and professionals can join together by means of internet based communications and shared experience. The goal is to encourage and support students as they enter their chosen heath career. We have a multitude of statewide and national partners actively involved in the development and use of this

36. Health Professions Training

38. This new medical school is using an innovative curriculum to train physicians, especially those who wish to remain in medically-underserved communities. Students spend the first year at the Mesa campus. Students will permanently relocate to NAHEC for years two, three, and four to complete the remainder of their training. The first cohort of 10 second year students will arrive in September of 2008. Beginning in 2010, NAHEC will host 30 students in total, plus faculty members.

39. CE/CME

40. N. AZ NP Group and Healthy Family Conference

41. Telehealth Completion date of September, 2008

42. Community specific Programs

43. CHINLE, AZ

44. Iina Coalition Students work in interprofessional teams in collaboration with community coalitions or agencies to identify community resources and needs, and develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to address a selected community health issue. Students will gain knowledge and skill in community health while providing service to the community. To complete the learning process, students will evaluate the outcomes of the intervention . The Iina Coalition, Inc.., a private, nonprofit organization located in Chinle, Arizona, serves a population of over 31,000 people in the central region of the Navajo Nation. The Coalition coordinates planning, programs, and services to promote health and wellness. Mission statement “ THROUGH T’AA NIHI ANIIT’EEGO (EMPOWERMENT) IINA COALITION WILL FOSTER PARTNERSHIP OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES BY CREATING A PATH FOR MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELLNESS WITHIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CENTRAL DINE COMMUNITIES.

45. VIHSTA Students work in interprofessional teams in collaboration with community coalitions or agencies to identify community resources and needs, and develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to address a selected community health issue. Students will gain knowledge and skill in community health while providing service to the community. To complete the learning process, students will evaluate the outcomes of the intervention . VIHSTA is a collaborative training program between NAU, U of AZ, NAHEC and SEAHEC and rural or underserved communities to provide training for health sciences students so that they will be competent to serve Arizona’s diverse population and to collaborate with other professionals and community members to promote community health. V isionary I nterprofessional H ealth S ciences T raining in A rizona Health Professions Communities Universities

46. Kayenta, AZ

47. Adventures Into Medicine

48. Flagstaff, AZ

49. CAVIAT Joint Technical District Coconino County Career Center Health Professions Workforce Development

50. Hopi, AZ

51. Indigenous Pride Health Workers

52. Hopi Substance Abuse Prevention Center

53. Growing Our Own Health Professionals and Creating Healthier Communities