Program Office
Annual Report 2011
The 2011 Arizona AHEC annual report is available and provides snapshots of how our academic-community partnerships enhance health professions workforce development and improve health disparities among Arizona's rural and urban underserved residents.
Program Office
Arizona Primary Care Residency Training Assessment and Development Project
Arizona has a physician shortage. The state ranks 35th in the country with 218.3 physicians per 100,000 population compared to the national average of 255.8/100,000. In Arizona there are 14,398 active allopathic physicians and 1,615 active osteopathic physicians. To arrive at the national average we would need an additional 2,475 physicians (a 15% increase over the current number).
Program Office
Arizona Workforce Study Report
The Arizona Workforce Study report was submitted to the Arizona AHEC this month. This document was produced by the Arizona Rural Health Office (RHO), The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Program Office
Important New CE for Statewide AHECs
The GVAHEC is offering a new CE program that is spreading on all across the country to assist veterans returning from war in Iraq and Afganistan and their families; Titled "Painting a Moving Train" this training reviews the recognizable signs of post traumatic stress disorders and how health care professionals can apply therapeutic strategies and resources to assist veterans and their families.
Program Office
EAC's Nursing Program Receives Five-year Approval
Todd Haynie reported in the Eastern Arizona Courier that The Arizona State Board of Nursing recently gave a unanimous five-year approval of Eastern Arizona College's nursing program. This is the longest term of approval allowed by the board for a school's nursing program. The Educational Advisory Committee made the comment that the curriculum was clear, easy to follow, and excellent.