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2005 Catskill Hudson AHEC Funded Programs

• 12th Annual Critical Care Conference - Bassett Healthcare - The Critical Care education committee of Bassett Healthcare will present a conference with enlightened national speakers teaching on subjects that are important to nurses in all areas of the hospital setting. These subjects include areas as diverse as ethics, grief, family needs during critical times, nurse retention through taking care of themselves and the different causes of shock and its treatment. Although this program is being developed by the critical care staff, the valuable information that will be shared at this conference is as important to an emergency room, medical floor or special care nurse as it is to an intensive care nurse.
• Medical Student Housing/Faculty Development - Bassett Healthcare - A program to assist third and fourth year medical students with housing and faculty development programs which will enhance recruitment, produce the educational outcomes necessary for the accrediting agencies of the residency programs and meet the needs of physician providers in the rural communities in the eight county region that Bassett Healthcare serves.
• Nursing Clinical Preceptor Program - Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County - A program to develop Clinical Preceptor Programs to serve the educational needs of Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County Nurses & community organizations seeking involvement in healthcare professions.
• Palliative Care Certification - Bassett Healthcare - A program to assist in eliminating barriers to National Certification for cohort of Nursing Staff members, including RN, LPN & Nursing Assistant.
• RN Refresher Course - The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital - A program to assist in the renewal of skills of nurses returning to the workforce.
• Shadow a Surgeon Program - Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery, Bassett Healthcare - Educates area HS students on heart-healthy lifestyles & career exploration.
• BENECAMP - Benedictine Hospital - A one week, summer M*A*S*H Camp for 20 students 12-14 years old from Ulster County area schools. The goal is to educate participants on how a healthcare facility operates to encourage interest in a variety of employment opportunities available. Students participate in activities that range from tours of departments within the Hospital, to working on team projects with professional mentors from the Hospital staff. Additionally, students are CPR certified, educated in bio-terrorism responses and how medical professionals deal with crisis situations.
• Health Careers Behind the Scenes / M*A*S*H Camp - Catskill Regional Medical Center - A Camp that exposes Middle and High School students to opportunities in occupations in healthcare. Students get the exposure and encouragement they might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience and, as a result, may be stimulated to seek employment in a sector where there is a crucial and growing need
• REACH-IT Program - Columbia Memorial Hospital - A program that creates a model that is committed to establishing an academic and vocational setting that cultivates and increases awareness and promotes career advancement within the healthcare arena
• Health Career Exploration Service - Learning Program - DCMO BOCES - A program that is designed to encourage 30, Kindergarten through 12th grade children to explore and pursue healthcare careers through service learning.
• BCLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS & TNCC Training Program - Delaware Valley Hospital - Assist in providing certificate and recertification in BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS & TNCC for Delaware Valley Hospital staff.
• M*A*S*H Camp - Delaware Valley Hospital - A 2-day, M*A*S*H camp for 20 area high school students interested in exploring healthcare careers and who will be entering 8th or 10th grade in the fall of 2005. The camp will give students an in-depth opportunity to learn more about various healthcare positions, inclusive of those in non-clinical fields, such as community relations, human resource, maintenance and finance.
• Nurse Camp - Dutchess Community College - A program that enables High School Seniors to explore the field of Nursing as a career choice.
• Mammography Training - Ellenville Regional Hospital - Train 2 Ellenville Regional Hospital Radiology Department employees in skills necessary to perform Mammography.
• Accelerated RN Program - Hartwick College - A Summer accelerated program offering educational mobility to those transfer and second degree students who are committed to a compressed academic schedule to complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing.
• ECHO - Exploring Careers & Healthcare Opportunities - Provides career and healthcare opportunity explorations for at-risk teenagers interested in pursuing future training in health occupations in the Hudson River HealthCare service, which includes five of the eleven Catskill Hudson AHEC counties (Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Sullivan and Columbia).
• Using Interactive Patient Education resources to Improve Perinatal Care Outcomes - Maternal Infant Services Network - Program to enhance the skills of workers who directly provide clinical and/or supportive Perinatal services to underserved populations.
• Accelerated BS/DO Degree Program - Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute - A program in collaboration between MHFHI, SUNY New Paltz and NYCOM to condense pre-med and medical students into 7 years vs. 8 years.
• Medical Student Clerkship Program - Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute - Medical student rural rotations & supports housing & travel reimbursement. This initiative is designed to promote family medicine in the Hudson Valley as well as to expose local students to a career in healthcare so that they remain in the area for college, medical school, residency training and practice.
• RN Mentoring/Staff Development Program - Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute - A program focusing on nursing recruitment, education, technology, data and patient abandonment. An effort to reduce nurse shortage trend and improve stability.
• Summer Medical Academy - ONC BOCES - A program to encourage approximately 32 ninth and tenth graders, especially from under represented and disadvantaged backgrounds, to pursue health careers.
• Health Care Awareness Program - Orange-Ulster BOCES - A program encouraging youth, especially from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds, to pursue a healthcare career.
• Summer Enrichment Program - St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospitals - A 6 week, part-time, paid internship for local High School Seniors and College Students to actively participate in and work within one of the hospital's departments.
• RN Competency Program - Sullivan County Public Health Services - Expand training & competencies to LPNs and Home Health Aids.
• 3 R’s - Recruit, Retain & Reserve - SUNY Ulster -
• Middle School Healthcare Career Exploration - Ulster BOCES - Program that provides 10 students from every school district in the county the opportunity to experience various healthcare careers in hospitals and ancillary healthcare settings.
• Spanish for Medical Professionals - Ulster BOCES - Provide Spanish Language Skills to healthcare professionals to help them better communicate with patients.
• Certified Nurse Aides & LPN Training - Ulster Office of Employment & Training - Supplement funds for training Certified Nurse Aides and Licensed Practical Nurses in order to provide an opportunity for youth to pursue health fields and to maintain a continuing education pathway for those already involved in the healthcare field.
• EMS Leadership Academy - Catskill Hudson AHEC, Central New York AHEC, Hudson-Mohawk AHEC
• Y2Kids Careers from A to Z - Orange-Ulster BOCES
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Conference - March of Dimes, Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute, Catskill Hudson AHEC
• Nursing Summit - Catskill Hudson AHEC
• HOSA Program - Orange-Ulster BOCES