Nebraska AHEC Scholars Newsletter

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October 2022

From the Nebraska AHEC Program Office

Each month you will receive a newsletter that contains exclusive information and resources for you as an AHEC Scholar. In reviewing this email each month, you will fulfill your newsletter didactic requirement.

We look forward to continuing to engage with you.

Nebraska AHEC Program Office

Healthcare Buzzword of the Month

October Monthly Highlight

AHEC Scholars Core Topics

What are the AHEC Scholars Core Topics? AHEC Scholars is centered around eight core topics. Here are some practical definitions:

Interprofessional Education: Learning how to engage with other disciplines as a team to provide quality care.
Behavioral Health Integration: Integrating behavioral health services into primary care and other areas.
Social Determinants of Health: Recognizing social and environmental factors that affect health outcomes.
Cultural Competency: Acknowledging, understanding, and working to serve patients from diverse backgrounds.
Practice Transformation: Adapting and thriving in an evolving healthcare setting, focusing on patient-centered and team-based models of care.
Emerging Health Issues: Focusing on new trends in health, e.g. COVID-19, Zika, Ebola.
Connecting Communities and Supporting Health Professionals: Training of Community Health Workers and paraprofessionals.
Virtual Learning and Telehealth: Improving patient care delivery through technology.

More information about the core topics is located in your Scholars Handbook.

Regional Highlights

The AHEC Program is based at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is implemented through five regional centers; four rural centers located in Kearney, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Scottsbluff, as well as one urban center located in Omaha. Regional centers enable AHEC to carry out local programs with efficiency and provide statewide local services to provide high quality, efficient, effective and flexible services that meet local needs. Collectively, the five centers provide services to all 93 counties in Nebraska. Two centers operate as independent 501(c)(3)s, Nebraska Panhandle AHEC and Northern Nebraska AHEC, and three centers are hosted sites. Omaha Area AHEC is hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha, Central Nebraska AHEC is hosted by the University of Nebraska Kearney, and Southeast Nebraska AHEC is hosted by Southeast Community College Lincoln.

Nebraska Workforce Updates

The AHEC (Area Health Education Center) program was developed by Congress in 1971 to recruit, train and retain a health professions workforce committed to underserved populations. The national AHEC network consists of more than 300 AHEC program offices and centers in 45 states, territories and the District of Columbia, serving over 85% of the counties in the United States.

The Nebraska AHEC Scholars Program is part of the national AHEC network and has been dedicated to improving the diversity and distribution of the Nebraska healthcare workforce since 2001.

Learn More about the National AHEC Organization

A Day in the Life

Each month, we will feature a profession represented in the Nebraska AHEC Scholars Program. Don’t miss this section each month to learn more about what your fellow Scholars will do on a daily basis!

Link to the YouTube Video

AHEC Scholars Spotlight

Each month, this section will shine a spotlight on several AHEC Scholars. Be sure to check each month to see if you are there, shining in the spotlight! We hope that all Scholars will use this platform as a way to get to know and network with Scholars from across the state.

Click here to submit your Scholars Spotlight by Friday, November 11.

Upcoming Scholars Huddles & Mental Health First Aid

Rural Medical Interpreting Practices Huddle: View On Demand

Cannabinoids & Patient Self-Medication Huddle: View On Demand

Mental Health First Aid Training:

November 14th & 28th

4:00 - 8:00 PM MST/5:00 - 9:00 PM CST

Contact the Nebraska AHEC Scholars Program

This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U77HP21499. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.