Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation alumna shares her experience of being the first graduate of the Therapeutic Recreation concentration and recently passing her national CTRS exam.
Fifty-two 暗网视频students interested in the AHEC Scholars program had the opportunity to make new friends, meet program leadership, and hear from a traditional healer at the AHEC Scholars Kickoff, marking the start of a new year for our Scholars!
Alaska is prepared to handle harsh winter weather, but climate change has triggered a new threat 鈥� heat. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) is teaming with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 Alaska branch to develop the state鈥檚 first hot weather warning system based on the local temperature threshold.
Over the summer, many young Alaska WWAMI medical students p鈥媋rticipated in a transformative 4-week elective 鈥媋鈥媍ross the state. The Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP, said as 鈥渞oo-op鈥�) is for students between their first and second years of medical school that are interested in experiencing a practice in the Alaska bush. Physicians in remote communities are jack-of-all-trade, rugged individualists and those characteristics serve as healthcare cornerstones in many areas of Alaska鈥檚 Greatland.
Alaska continues to see staffing shortages at pharmacies, made worse by the pandemic, but also due to conditions affecting the state more broadly. UAA/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy program faculty member, Dr. Coleman Cutchins, discusses the issue with Alaska Public Media.
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