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Since 2001, over 217,000 Oklahomans have participated in OKAHEC programs.
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Upcoming Events
 Cancer Survivorship Education
A Community Experience
Saturday, September 6, 2008 10:00 AM - Noon
Cherokee Elder Care
1387 W. 4th Street
Tahlequah, OK
Register online for the Tahlequah location
Contact us at
1-800-522-9452 or
okahec@okstate.edu for more information.
OKAHEC's central goal is to improve access to health care
- Improving the quality, distribution and supply of primary care providers in rural and underserved communities.
- Reducing disparities in access to health care between Oklahoma's rural and urban populations.
OKAHEC is a community-state-federal partnership established in 1984 at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, which coordinates the statewide network. The four Area Health Education Centers facilitate a regional approach to multidisciplinary and community-based health professional recruitment, education and training.
OKAHEC coordinates its program goals with state health agencies, health professional training programs, practitioners, educational institutions, community leaders and many others to complete "The OKAHEC Path".
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Get 'Em
OKAHEC Career Education Programs
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Career Awareness
Awareness includes general education about the array of professions in health care today. Activities include classroom presentations, career fairs, and printed materials for youth and parents. Awareness is geared to elementary and middle school, although some awareness activities are provided to high school students and adults looking to change careers.
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Since 2001, over
116,000 youth
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Career Exploration
Exploration is in-depth education about health careers for high school youth who are pretty sure of their plans. Activities include summer camps, field trips, shadowing, counseling and teacher training.
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Since, 2001, nearly 8,000 Oklahoma youth have received intensive career exploration programming. 30% of these participants are minority youth. |
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Every year, graduating high school seniors who participate in 20+ hours of career exploration programming are followed-up.
74% of these students have gone into health professions training programs and over 85% of these youth enter college in health or other training programs.
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Train 'Em
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Clinical Training Programs
When health professional students from rural areas take some of their training in rural areas the likelihood of their returning to a rural area to practice increases. OKAHEC supports community-based training opportunities so that students learn what it is like to live and work in rural communities. We do this by assisting students and training programs in finding housing, preceptors (teachers), and community contacts and projects.
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Since 2001, 2,700 health professional students have participated in 8,395 student-weeks of community-based training sponsored by OKAHEC. |
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Keep 'Em
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Community Support
OKAHEC provides Continuing Education and Consumer Education training throughout the state. Regional AHEC centers support local communities through grant writing, support of local programs and agencies, and various taskforce memberships. OKAHEC prides itself on its local grassroots programs.
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Since 2001, nearly 25,000 Oklahoma health care professionals have participated in OKAHEC sponsored continuing education programs and have received nearly 100,000 hours of training. |
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Since 2001, over 60,000 consumers have participated in OKAHEC sponsored health promotion and disease prevention education programs. |
Over the last 2 years, over 1,300 rural health professionals were trained in medical response to bioterrorism and other public health disasters. |
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OKAHEC - “Get’em, Train’em, Keep’em!”
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