Health Career Awareness Month

Dr. Meghan E. Gunn, MD

As we promote Health Career Awareness Month in Vermont, learn why Dr. Meghan E. Gunn, MD, Pediatrician with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, affiliated with Southwestern Vermont Medical Center decided to become a physician, and how Southern Vermont AHEC helped her achieve that goal.
“I became interested in a career in healthcare after watching my physician father get diagnosed with and ultimately succumb to brain cancer when I was a teenager. Learning about his sickness was a way for me to work through my feelings and further established my interest in medicine. I chose to give back to my community in the way others had for my father and family and SVTAHEC has allowed me to do that by helping me with large medical school loans through a generous grant.”
Vermont Community Health Workers reach important milestone.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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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