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ANNUAL report 2017 Inside Program Highlights 2 Director’s Message Rural and Urban Underserved Field Experiences for Health Professions Trainees 5 Program Overview During the period July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017, the Arizona AHEC 6 Education and Training supported the following: 7 Educational Institutions Served by AzAHEC Academic Discipline/Program # Field Experiences Dentistry and Dental Hygiene 35 8 Arizona Rural Health Professions Program Medical Residency 52 17 UAHS Interprofessional Education Medical School 739 Nurse Practitioner 185 19 AzAHEC-Supported Academic Programs Nursing or Medical Assistant 117 27 Intramural Grant Program Pharmacy School 279 31 Regional Center Directors’ Reports Pharmacy Residency 2 Physical and Occupational Therapy 2 43 AzAHEC Spotlight Physician Assistant 67 47 2016-17 Financial Review Public Health 180 Registered Nurse, Nurse Anesthetist, or 48 AzAHEC Advisory Committees 82 Nurse Midwife Social Work and Behavioral Health 2 The AHEC program was developed by Congress in Other Allied Health 57 1971 and there are 56 AHEC programs and 235 Other Undergraduate Health-related Disciplines 33 centers in 48 U.S. states and territories. Arizona’s TOTAL* 1,832 *Of this total, 909 field experiences were reported by the Rural Health Professions first regional center opened in Nogales in 1984. Programs – at the University of Arizona (UA), Arizona State University and Northern Today, five regional centers are serving Arizona by Arizona University – and other supported UA health professions training programs. supporting health professions education, providing Health Career Preparation Programs for grades K–12 in continuing education for health professionals, Rural and Urban Underserved Areas and addressing health disparities and local Total of 7,597 K–12 students and adult participants* *Nearly 1,400 K-12 students participated in 64 health career preparation clubs across all health workforce issues. Our programs support regional centers. Additionally, over 6,200 students and adults participated in other health development of our children, our health professions career events. Adult participants included parents, teachers and interested community members. The adults represented joint participation. See the regional centers’ reports for students and our health professions workforce example activities. as well as recruitment and retention of a highly Continuing Education for Health Professionals skilled health professions workforce. The regional Total of 8,097 participants centers also support many health careers programs Participants at 264 continuing education events included physicians, dentists, public health professionals, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician including students in medicine (both allopathic and assistants and allied health professionals. osteopathic medical students), nursing, pharmacy, Research and Project Grants for Students, Faculty and public health, dentistry and allied health. Community Organizations 9 new grants 3 continuing grants 7 completed grants AzAHEC is a sponsored project of the University of Arizona. The AzAHEC program office is located at the University of Arizona Arizona AHEC Program Mission Statement Health Sciences (pictured). To enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventive care, by improving the supply and distribution of health-care professionals through academic-community educational partnerships in rural and urban medically-underserved areas. Message from the Director I am pleased to introduce the Successful community-based experiential training hinges on 2017 Arizona Area Health collaboration with health professionals throughout the state to Education Centers (AzAHEC) facilitate clinical training opportunities for health professions Annual Report. AzAHEC began students. These experiences expose student to the realities of serving Arizona in 1984 and practicing in rural and urban underserved settings as well as continues to support health exposes students to the diverse populations residing in Arizona. workforce development for our Through AzAHEC support students (where eligible or available) rural and urban underserved may also receive housing, mileage, and community support. communities today. This Through service-learning students interact with Arizona’s report highlights our 2017 various underserved communities in meaningful ways including achievements, particularly providing clinical care under preceptor supervision and with respect to improving the connecting classroom learning with the realities of community- quality and supply of healthcare living. Sally J. Reel, PhD, RN, FNP, professionals to serve Arizona FAAN residents through community- The University of Arizona successfully competed AzAHEC for Associate Vice President for based clinical and experiential federal funding renewal in 2017 received 5-year funding through Interprofessional student training. Our annual 2022. This sustained federal funding goes back to AzAHEC’s Education, Collaborative report features some of the inception with UA’s first federally funded center in 1984. Practice & Community programs such as the Rural From federal inception of the AHEC programs in 1971, the Engagement Health Professions Program that mission of AHEC’s work has historically focused on improving Director, Arizona Area Health impact training students to be access to quality health care for rural and urban medically Education Centers practice-ready for underserved underserved populations and communities through health University Distinguished populations. workforce preparation. AHEC has also historically embraced Outreach Professor improving diversity of the health workforce, interdisciplinary Clinical Professor of Nursing AzAHEC also implemented a and interprofessional education, and strengthening geographic new IT system, SalesForce, in dispersion of the health workforce. AzAHEC programs create 2016. Improvements in data exposure and educational opportunities for our youth, engage our collection allow us to provide greater details about who trains health professions students through community based training in the AzAHEC system and snapshots of students trained in programs in our rural and urban underserved communities with 2017 are shown on page 3, Arizona AHEC Rotations by Trainee an emphasis on primary care. Institution and page 4, Arizona AHEC Rotation Hours, Number of Rotations and Number of Trainees. As example, page 3 shows This 2017 report provides brief snapshots of the rural, border that over 40 institutions of higher learning placed students within and tribal rotations that our trainees experienced. When the AzAHEC system in 2017. Community-based clinical training Arizona’s rural, border, and diverse communities are considered by center is also captured in greater detail as shown (community- collectively, too many Arizona residents experience higher rates based clinical/experiential training refers to student clinical of disease and disability, increased mortality rates, years of life training within their respective discipline in practice sites located lost and higher rates of chronic illness. What is more, geography in communities rather than a university clinical setting as an matters as geography alone impacts health. AzAHEC’s strategies example). are embedded in some of our most underserved communities— rural, frontier, and border communities as demonstrated throughout this report. I am pleased to present this 2017 report for your review. 2 | Arizona AHEC 2017 Annual Report Arizona AHEC Rotations by Trainee Institution, 7/1/16 - 6/30/17 CENTER REPORTED ROTATION HOURS Total % to All Center Center Name of Educational Institution EAHEC GVAHEC NAHEC SEAHEC WAHEC Hours Hours A. T. Still University 2,400 1,802 34,784 1,840 40,826 33.1% Northern Arizona University (ALL)(1) 1,017 1,350 17,005 1,680 1,540 22,592 18.3% University of Arizona (ALL)(2) 1,140 1,215 3,410 6,350 480 12,595 10.2% Eastern Arizona College(3) 11,502 11,502 9.3% College of Health Careers(4) 0 0 0 0 11,435 11,435 9.3% Midwestern University 3,040 192 2,016 2,712 7,960 6.5% Residency Programs(5) 160 1,100 1,440 112 2,812 2.3% Chatham University 1,686 1,686 1.4% Arizona State University 310 1,235 0 0 0 1,545 1.3% Gila Community College 1,477 1,477 1.2% Pima Medical Institute 1,056 1,056 0.9% Marquette University 720 720 0.6% Rocky Mountain University of Health 720 720 0.6% Professions Brigham Young University 616 616 0.5% Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai 600 600 0.5% Walden University 504 504 0.4% Orion College 400 400 0.3% Chamberlain College of Nursing 250 120 370 0.3% Grand Canyon University 320 50 370 0.3% Paradise Valley Community College 352 352 0.3% Universidad del Valle de Mexico 336 336 0.3% Iowa State University 320 320 0.3% Northland Pioneer College 320 320 0.3% Seattle Pacific University 240 240 0.2% University of Minnesota 240 240 0.2% Georgetown University 200 200 0.2% University of Houston 182 182 0.1% Mohave Community College 180 180 0.1% San Joaquin Valley College 180 180 0.1% University of South Alabama 180 180 0.1% Idaho State University (ISU) 160 160 0.1% University of New England 160 160 0.1% Mesa Community College 132 132 0.1% Central Arizona College 128 128 0.1% Universidad Kino 96 96 0.1% Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte 75 75 0.1% Wissenschaften (Zhaw) Capella University 40 40 0.0% Grinnell College 10 10 0.0% University of Colorado 10 10 0.0% Other U.S. institution 8 8 0.0% Grand Total 23,710 7,504 61,644 15,054 15,423 123,335 100.0% FOOTNOTES: 1.