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Philip wrote a new blog post: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Available Through NHSC

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:40:41 +0000

Philip wrote a new blog post: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Available Through NHSC One of our recruiters discovered a couple of outstanding opportunities for students to get federal financial assistance for healthcare-related higher education and sent it my way last week. Thanks, Sai! These programs are funded through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and are excellent ways for students in Arkansas to pay for health-related college tuition bills. One is [...]

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Philip wrote a new blog post: A Day In The Life Of A Nurse At Delta AHEC

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:45:45 +0000

Philip wrote a new blog post: A Day In The Life Of A Nurse At Delta AHEC This week's ArkansasHealthCareers.com video focuses on Delta AHEC in Helena, AR , where Janet Ligon organized A Day in the Life of a Nurse . These Day in the Life programs are a staple at our AHECs all across the state. With the help of her sponsor, the Arkansas Minority Health Commission , Janet brought in 45 students from 10 different high schools in [...]

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Philip wrote a new blog post: Do you have what it takes to be a rural primary care doc?

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:07:48 +0000

Philip wrote a new blog post: Do you have what it takes to be a rural primary care doc? This week’s ArkansasHealthCareers.com video webisode takes aim at the stigma surrounding primary care in general, and rural practice primary care specifically. The argument in many of today’s medical schools is, “As a rural primary care doc, you’ll have limited resources, you’ll work yourself to death, and you won’t get as much respect or make as much [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: The Life of a Laboratory Professional

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:43:50 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: The Life of a Laboratory Professional This week’s ArkansasHealthCareers.com video is a profile of Lorraine Frierson. She is the Clinical Lab Director at AHEC South Arkansas in El Dorado, AR. In the video she tells us all about working in a clinical laboratory. The Medical Lab Technicians and other lab staff are responsible for obtaining a variety of body fluid samples, analyzing [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: Health Careers Guide Goes Interactive

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:44:24 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: Health Careers Guide Goes Interactive ArkansasHealthCareers.com is pleased to announce the addition of an interactive online version of our Arkansas Health Careers Guide , which has previously only existed as a static document either for print or download. Now you can go to the Arkansas Health Careers Explorer and browse details on over 70 different healthcare-related careers. Each career profile contains a brief [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: What The Heck's An AHEC Video

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:07:21 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: What The Heck's An AHEC Video Simply put, an AHEC is an Area Health Education Center. There are AHECs all over the country. According to their facebook page , their purpose is, “ Connecting Students to Careers – Professionals to Communities – and Communities to Better Health. ” This website is an outreach project of the Arkansas AHECs. We just produced a new video, which you can [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: Arkansas Health Careers Guide

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:49:27 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: Arkansas Health Careers Guide With so many careers in health care to choose from, the task of selecting the right one for you can be daunting. Thankfully, the Arkansas AHEC Program , in conjunction with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has developed a comprehensive guide to help you do just that. The Arkansas Health Careers Guide is a pdf document [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: The Rural Reality: 7 Reasons You Should Practice Rural Medicine

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:16:53 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: The Rural Reality: 7 Reasons You Should Practice Rural Medicine Are you a pre-med or med school student debating the pros and cons of rural practice? Maybe you’ve thought about practicing in a rural area but have been steered away from it by friends or teachers. Without a doubt, there is a stigma surrounding rural and primary care practice that runs rampant in U.S. medical [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: Training Grounds - Webisode 1 - The Family Practice Residency Program at AHEC Pine Bluff

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:31:14 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: Training Grounds - Webisode 1 - The Family Practice Residency Program at AHEC Pine Bluff The first webisode in our series The Training Grounds has been released! The Training Grounds is all about profiling professional training programs for health-related careers in Arkansas. This webisode takes a look at the Family Practice Residency Program at AHEC Pine Bluff through the eyes of two residents there. AHEC Pine Bluff is located at [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: ArkansasHealthcareers.com Is Live!

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:34:58 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: ArkansasHealthcareers.com Is Live! Welcome to ArkansasHealthCareers.com! We are officially live as of February 22, 2010. We are all about providing as much information as possible about health-related careers in Arkansas. There are more opportunities now than ever for you to have a challenging, exciting, and financially rewarding career in health care in Arkansas. Over the coming months and years, we will [...]

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