Health Career Awareness Month
Kim E. Kurak, DO
In celebration of Health Careers Awareness Month in Vermont, Dr. Kim E. Kurak, DO, Family Medicine Specialist with Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region in Brandon, VT explains why she chose a career in medicine and how Southern Vermont AHEC supported her in this journey.
“A career as a Family Physician is an amazing avenue to educate and support others to lead a healthier life while also treating illness. I truly enjoy the ability to help my patients by working with them towards better health. Southern Vermont AHEC has provided excellent continuing education, loan repayment and amazing health pre-professions programs that support building a sustainable primary care workforce in Vermont.”
Vermont Community Health Workers reach important milestone.
Twenty-two Community Health Workers (CHWs) representing health and community-based organizations across 9 Vermont counties (Bennington, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor) completed the first ever CHW Core Competency Course offered in the state.
Community Engagement to Support Hospital Transformation
The Green Mountain Care Board has enlisted a team of experts to facilitate community conversations across the state to hear from YOU about your experiences with health care – what is going well, what do you want to see more of, and what could be better. Don’t miss the chance to add your voice to the health care conversation!
Happy Health Careers Awareness Month in Vermont, Wyll Everett, MD!
It’s gratifying to see when medical professionals choose to remain in Vermont after they complete their education and training. Wyll Everett, MD is a shining example of just that. He is currently practicing family medicine at Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital in Townsend, Vermont. Wyll graduated from The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont and did his family medicine residency at The University of Vermont Medical Center.
Another Southern Vermont AHEC success story.
We love to brag about our former program students. During Health Careers Awareness Month in Vermont, we are pleased to highlight another Southern Vermont AHEC success story.
Suturing on sight.
Suturing on sight. Carol Nelson, Southern Vermont AHECHealth Careers Coordinator is demonstrating the suturing technique to students at today’s Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) Stem Fair at Vermont State University Castleton Campus.
Happy National CHW Awareness Week!
Vermont CHWs are joining all our sisters and brothers from across the country, by CELEBRATING the renewed promise and power of CHWs across our state—from rural communities, to small towns to our cities!
From a moment to a statewide movement, we are organizing to unite and strengthen our powerful voices into an ALLIANCE to increase awareness of our identity and the unique impacts of our work across diverse settings!
For the first time ever, VT CHWs participated in the NACHW UNITY Conference (early August in Austin, Tx) in-person and brought back their leadership and conference gifts to share with others!
Critical Futures Podcast
National CHW Awareness Week is here! To kick off this celebratory week we want to share with you this episode of the Critical Futures podcast about Community Health Workers. NACHW’s Executive Director Denise Octavia Smit was invited to discuss CHWs and the CHW workforce. We encourage you to listen to this podcast and share with us in the comment section your favorite part!
Thank you Lyrica Stelle
In the NewsThank you Lyrica Stelle, Chronic Disease Program Specialist, with Vermont Department of Health - WRJ for hosting CSHIP Intern, Zoe Barton this summer. Zoe worked with project with the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley which is affiliated with...
Zoe Barton
CSHIP In the NewsCSHIP interns Zoe Barton The great work of our CSHIP interns continue. Zoe Barton, a 2023 graduate of the University of Vermont with a degree in Biochemistry, is finishing up her CSHIP internship with the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley of...
Aina Rattu, MedQuest Mentor and medical student
Aina Rattu, MedQuest Mentor and medical student from The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont shares her experience about the MedQuest program. Spoiler alert, Aina is a MedQuest Alumni.
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