College of Health News

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Student Spotlight: Iliamna O'Malley advances her nursing education with support from RRANN

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Iliamna O'Malley pursues nursing degree from Fairbanks with support from RRANN.

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Bridging Community Connections Through Healthcare Education and Training

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Alaska AHEC Scholar's article about improving Alaska's communities through healthcare.

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Alaska's AHEC: Healthcare Exploration in Nulato

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Alaska’s Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) are dedicated to providing engaging curriculum and activities for students interested in healthcare. Middle and high school students from Nulato, AK participated in activities focusing on the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, and basic emergency first aid.

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Healthy Aging Lab students present research at national conference

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Student research assistants taught a 15-week course on healthy living to older adults in the community. Three of those students recently presented at the Gerontological Society of America conference and shared results from a Health Aging Lab project that received funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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Improving care through simulation

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Students in fall's EMT 130 — Emergency Medical Technician I burnished their clinical and decision-making skills in a trio of rapid-fire trauma simulations, thanks to a first-time partnership between the Fire and Emergency Services program and the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.