Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center

STEPS Applications are now live for the 2024-2025 cohort! Are you a current undergraduate junior preparing to take the MCAT next year? Apply to our STEPS program for shadowing, networking, personal statement assistance, and MCAT preparation opportunities! Applications are open from August 1st - September 30th. To apply, scan the QR code below or visit https://lnkd.in/e5vzBc4P. For more information, contact Kellie Jones, Lead Health Careers Coordinator, at [email protected] or 606-783-6435.

The Northeast Kentucky AHEC is excited to announce our first annual Regional Nursing Summit! These free educational sessions will be addressing urgent issues facing current and future nurses. The activity will be held at the Morehead Conference Center on Friday, August 30, 2024. We hope to see you there! To register, scan the QR code or visit the link: https://lnkd.in/gAbPxk8h

Congratulations to Dr. Proudfoot for being the winner of our $500 gift card drawing! Dr. Proudfoot, a longtime supporter of AHEC's continuing education program, attended all three sessions of our series on Type 2 Diabetes management. Thank you for your continued support of our program, Dr. Proudfoot!

Apply to AHEC Scholars now to earn money while finishing your degree! Applications are open now until September 20th, 2024. AHEC Scholars is an exclusively online program available to students who are finishing their last two years in a health care professional program. Eligible programs include: Dental School, Dental Hygiene, Dietetics, Exercise Science, Health Administration, Medical School (MD/DO), Nursing School (AND/BSN), Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Pharmacy School, Pharmacy Technician, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy Assistant, Physician’s Assistant, Public Health, Radiography, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Therapy, Surgical Assistant, Surgical Technician, Speech Language Pathology, and Speech Therapy. To apply now, please visit the application here: https://lnkd.in/eKsyFkW8 For more information, please contact Hannah Little at [email protected]

CHARGE for collegiate nursing students is an applicant-based program designed for students currently enrolled in a nursing program. It provides additional resources to help students succeed. Educational opportunities such as tutoring/study resources, compassionate care skills practice, workshop meetings with potential employers, and resume writing will be given to all participants. Additionally, CHARGE for Collegiate Nursing Students will provide a stipend to all active participants to assist with various financial stressors students may face when enrolled in a nursing program. All students who complete the program will have the option to receive NCLEX prep through the Princeton Review. Application for 2024-2025 are open now! More Information: https://lnkd.in/geV_r-TT... To apply: https://lnkd.in/eS5GAaqy

CHARGE for High School students was developed for high school juniors and seniors interested in a nursing career. The CHARGE program is an applicant-based program that allows students to receive additional opportunities based around achieving their goals of a career in nursing. Opportunities, such as job shadowing, study skills, care skills practice, and introductions to the various careers within the nursing field are given to all who are accepted into the program. Additionally, CHARGE for High School students helps strengthen a student’s application for college or vocational nursing programs and assists all students in the decision-making process regarding what career paths within the nursing field they have accessible to them. All students who complete the program will have the option to receive ACT prep through the Princeton Review. Applications for the 2024-2025 school year are now OPEN! More information: https://lnkd.in/gNcmyQKq To apply: https://lnkd.in/eMSCVVV9

The Northeast AHEC Summer Health Internship Program recently hosted the SHIP Presentation Luncheon and Banquet where student participants and host sites presented on the projects and experiences that occurred during the internships. The Summer Health Internship Program (SHIP) is a 6-week paid internship program that provides undergraduate health professions students the opportunity to intern at local health-focused organizations in the hope of increasing the likelihood student participants will return and ultimately work in the region. SHIP students work alongside their internship host sites to work on projects that are centered around promoting the host site and their local community needs. This year Northeast AHEC welcomed 8 SHIP participants and 8 host sites into the program. We want to extend a special Thank You to all SHIP host sites in 2024 for their willingness to accept students participating in this program: Morgan County ARH, Clark County Health Department, Greenup County Health Department, Montgomery County Health Department, St. Claire Pediatric Therapy, UK-King’s Daughters Medical Center, Pathways' Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD), and Gateway Children’s Advocacy Center. Without the continued support and collaboration of our service region’s host sites the SHIP program would not be possible.

On Friday, June 28th, the Northeast AHEC hosted their annual Rural Health Scholars Program Celebratory Banquet! High school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates were recognized for their participation in the program. Students and their guests also got the opportunity to hear from Dr. Lucy Mays, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC who shared with them her journey to health care and her passion for serving rural Kentucky.

Yesterday we held our third installment of the Careers in Health Advanced Summer Experience (CHASE) at Robertson County School in conjunction with Primary Plus. Students had the opportunity of making DNA necklaces, learning about blood typing, practicing suturing, engaging with Primary Plus staff and dissecting a cow eyeball. Additionally, students heard from Eugonda Fryman, APRN, CDCES and the Primary Plus pharmacy team. We cannot thank Primary Plus and their amazing staff enough for partnering with us on CHASE this summer! We look forward to partnering with them again in the future!

Yesterday we kicked off the second day of our Careers in Health Advanced Summer Experience (CHASE) at St Joseph Mount Sterling. Students participated in a Stop-the-Bleed training, learned how to perform hands-only CPR, explored an emergency helicopter, and learned about maternal health. Students heard from numerous guest speakers, which included the Chief Nursing Officer of St Joseph Mount Sterling, Berea, and London Andrea Holecek MSN, MBA, Ed.D.; the President of St Joseph Mount Sterling, Berea, and London John Yanes, MBA, M.H.Sc., FACHE, CPPS; Karen Hunt, RN; and Karin De La Peña, MSN, RN, CFRN, NREMT. We cannot thank these amazing faculty and staff of St Joseph Mount Sterling enough for partnering with us on CHASE this year!