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Introduce
disadvantaged students and young people from urban and rural
medically under-served communities to health care careers; |
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Provide
training in urban and rural medically under-served communities
to students who are pursuing health professions post-secondary
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Support
existing health professionals to obtain continuing education
information and opportunities through satellite downlinks and
EdNet programs. |
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Listen
to community based organizations to identify and respond to
health care needs.
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The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) is
federally sponsored program designed to recruit and assist disadvantaged
students, beginning with the Junior High School level through the
college associate degree level, to "learn and achieve success" in
a health care career. For more information
on this program, please click here.
Although HCOP is focused on disadvantaged youth, CHEC has developed
many similar programs to encourage all youth to explore health careers.
These programs include health care and technology exploratory activities
such as tours, summer camps, guest speakers, shadowing experiences,
health career seminars, etc.
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| The Crossroads Health Education
Center (CHEC), formally knows as Crossroads AHEC, is committed
to improving access to health care in under-served communities
through the promotion of primary care options and educational
opportunities.
The mission of CHEC is "Improving access to
health care through education." Since being organized in April,
2000, CHEC has established a reputation for dedication to
the rural and urban under-served communities it serves with
programs designed to eliminate the shortages of health care
professions and meet health care needs.
CHEC provides health education activities
and services to 13 school districts in rural and urban under-served
areas. More than 2000,000 students in 51 public high schools,
regardless of ethnic or economic background, are offered opportunities
to learn about and achieve success in health care careers.
Click on the picture below for our recent Summer Camp 2003!
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| CHEC has also provided rural and urban under-served training
opportunities to post-graduate students including physical assistants,
occupational therapists, nurse practitioners, medical students,
and more. These training opportunities allow students to experience
the challenges and rewards of practicing in under-served communities.
Clinical rotations are often scheduled in Community Health Centers
where Students must be proficient in Spanish. |
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