Health Career Awareness Month
Colby McGinn
As part of Health Career Awareness Month in VT we are featuring individuals who have made a choice to pursue a career in healthcare. The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont#healthcareers www.vthealthcareers.org www.svtahec.org
“I have wanted to become a doctor since I was a child. Medicine has allowed me to blend my passion for math and science along with my love for connecting with others. This interest was reaffirmed through my connection with Southern Vermont AHEC, first as a student in their MedQuest Program, then as an intern with CSHIP, College Internship Program, and as a MedQuest Counselor during my first year of medical school. Southern Vermont AHEC was integral in my exploration of medicine and has continued to provide insight into my future career as a physician. I am grateful for these opportunities and recommend AHEC programs for any student interested in the healthcare field.”
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.
Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to receive US Department of Labor Funds
This three-year grant beginning October 1, 2023, is earmarked to enhance and expand health careers exploration programming and work-based learning experiences using innovative technologies for for youth ages 14-21 in rural and underserved communities. Southern Vermont AHEC has the distinction to be the only AHEC Center on the east coast to receive this funding.
Episode 2, Let’s Talk: CSHIP Program
Watch Episode 2, Let's Talk: CSHIP ProgramLet's Talk CSHIP Program This episode focuses on Southern Vermont AHEC College Student Health Internship Program better known as CSHIP. Guests include CSHIP intern Keelan Boisvert, her CSHIP internship supervisor, Arwen...
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.
MedQuest Program Student Showcase
Our MedQuest Program at Springfield Hospital, Inc. – VT capped off with a student showcase. Family, friends, and hospital luminaries like were present to review the student’s poster projects, which told their personal stories of who they are and the health career pathway they want to pursue.
Taking health career exploration to the next level
Recently, six high school students from southern Vermont, spent five days immersed in activities like how to take blood pressures, start a peripheral IV, participate in a simulated Code Blue training exercise, spend time in a BOD POD to measure their body composition at Vermont State University Castleton Campus, and even observe how to safely administer Narcan when someone is overdosing.
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Springfield, VT 05156
Phone: 802-885-2126
FAX: 802-885-2128
email: info@svtahec.org
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A 501(c)(3) organization serving Addison, Bennington, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor counties in partnership with The University of Vermont Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine