Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce (ACRH-HW)

ACRH-HW develops academic health programs and sponsors educational programming and job shadowing in healthcare fields, collaborating with others to identify and meet Alaska's health workforce needs.

National Bureau of Health Workforce

Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce

Vision

The health workforce that Alaska needs is developed through collaborations inside and outside of the University system.

Purpose

Manage health-related policy, planning, development, and advocacy activities for the University of Alaska system, and create strong pathways for Alaskans to become the health professionals Alaska needs.

Mission

The Center was established to support the University of Alaska Anchorage’s mission as the health university of the University of Alaska statewide system, and to stimulate appropriate system-wide development of health academic programs and research across the state, providing an interactive bridge between external and internal stakeholders.

Principles/Values

Collaboration and Partnership
Grow Our Own, Close to Home
Responsive and Reliable Service
Intelligent and Transparent Dialogue
Positivity (“Can Do”)
Integrity
Flexibility

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August 2017

Aug. 18: Complex Trauma Conference
Aug. 2, 4, 7, 9, 11: Healthcare portion of ANSEP Acceleration Academy

Joint Pharmacy Program with Idaho State University

University of Alaska Anchorage students can now earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree without leaving the state. UAA's new pharmacy program - a partnership with Idaho State University - began in fall 2016. ISU has hired a program director, Dr. Tom Wadsworth (see photo at left), who began work in the College of Health in August 2016.

Previously UAA has offered training to pharmacy technicians, but students who wanted an advanced pharmacy degree had to leave Alaska, unless participating in UAA's distance PharmD partner program with Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. The new program is a collaboration between the UAA Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce, Alaska Pharmacists Association, UAA College of Health and ISU College of Pharmacy.

Rural Immersion Institute of the North

The Rural Immersion Institute of the North (RIIN) program is welcoming its second class! This three-week program gives future health providers the chance to experience rural healthcare in the farthest reaches of the state. This year's cohort is drawn from all over the United States and beyond. When students arrive in July they will have a crash course in Alaskan culture and rural life, then ten days in the bush, followed by a formal presentation on their experiences back in Anchorage. Videos of the past class are available on Youtube at Alaska's AHEC Channel.

ANSEP program

Middle-school students will be arriving at UAA in late May for the annual STEM Careers Exploration. This year's health topic is nutrition, giving students the chance to meet with nutritionists and learn about the inner chemistry of the human body. We look forward to a crowded schedule of hands-on activities.

Alaska's AHEC Stays Busy

Alaska's AHEC is busier than ever, with more PATH Camps and an expanding RIIN program, as well as ongoing continuing education programs and constant clinical rotations. For more information about all these programs, see the Health Careers Exploration page or the article in UA Workforce Programs News.

Icons courtesy of the Noun Project: creators Wilson Joseph, Health Care Symbols Collection, Ted Grajeda, Zlatko Najdenovski, Nicholas Menghini, Thomas Helbig

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