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SouthwestPromise for today; hope for tomorrow

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Cameron University Southwest Area Health Education Center

Non-profit organization

Part of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education at Cameron University

Service area includes 23 counties in Southwest Oklahoma and Oklahoma City metroplex.

Introduction/Overview

Collaboration with community-based partners:• recruits students into healthcare professions• trains and supports healthcare professionals• advocates eliminating health disparities

Active in issues important to the service area: • rural economy• health disparities• cancer survivorship• geriatric education• genetics• community collaborations• retention, training and support of health care

providers.

Introduction/Overview

Connecting Students to Careers,

Professionals to Communities,And Communities to Better

health

SwAHEC Mission Statement

Create opportunities for students to learn about health careers through job shadowing

Inform and educate students about various health careers

Provide rural clinical rotations for healthcare professional students

Recruit for and support Geriatric Scholars program

Community & professional support and education

Annual Surthrival event for graduating RN students

Provide cancer survivorship training and education

Assist OU Family Practice Residency program

Job shadowing programs

Mentoring by professionals

Exploration of various health careers

Teaching curriculum in classrooms doing hands-on projects

Create Opportunities Through

Over 300 high school students are currently participating in these programs. Over the last three years 90% went on to

college and of those 56% continued on a health career

track.

Healthcare Career Job Shadowing and

Observation Opportunities:

In the 4th year following High School Graduation

48Still

Committed to Health Profession

59Committedto a Health Profession

55Still in College

OrCompleted

Training

OKAHECCareer Exploration Participants(20 or more hours of programming)

95% retention rate (compared to

50% for state)

81% of those

committed to HP in 1st

year of college

Club SCRUB

Eagle Medical Trainees

Collegiate Observation Program

Lawton Public Schools’ Gifted & Talented Program

Job Shadowing and Observation Opportunities:

Visits to regional primary and secondary schools

Host and attend health and career fairs

Participate in numerous public events

Sponsor several summer camps

Curriculum taught in classrooms with hands-on projects

Recruiting applicants for Clinical Research Program at OCCC

Inform and educate students

5th Grade Health Education EXPO

Science Detectives Summer Academy

Medical Case Investigation Camp

Forensics, Femurs, and Frontiers Camp

Health Fairs and Summer Camps:

Assist and coordinate clinical rotations

Coordinate “Kids into Health Careers” program with clinical students

Recruit preceptors and clinical sites

Support and collaborate with the local residency program

Room & board provided to all students free of charge while on clinical rotations

13 Physician Associate (PA) students

27 DO/MD students

KIHC: 1184 school aged students received health careers awareness from these clinical students

Rural Clinical Rotations

Former clinical students currently practicing in Southwest Oklahoma:

17 Doctors of Osteopathic medicine 8 Medical Doctors 32 Physician Associates

Economic Impact

$50,681,892 per year

Recruits participants to program

Facilitates training

Coordinates participant completion of program

Oklahoma Geriatrics Program

Geriatric Education Center: • training program for health care providers• partnership with Oklahoma Geriatric

Education Center of the OU HSC• 100 hours.

Senior Summit: • exchange of information, education, and

networking.

Geriatric Education Center

Plan and coordinate continuing education opportunities for professionals

Plan and coordinate community education seminars and conferences

Annually supply thousands of learning resource materials to professionals

Analyze professional education needs to develop meaningful training

Supervise Behavioral Health Professionals for licensure

Community & professionalsupport and education

Cognitive, Graphic, Forensic Interviewing

Western District Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association

Southwest Oklahoma Physician Associate Association

Annual Behavioral Health Programs

Examples of Professional Support & Continuing Education Opportunities

Adoption, Foster and Kinship training to families

“Don’t Bug Me” flu education Farmer’s Market Fit Kids Senior Summit Health Fairs at local schools Freedom from Smoking Cessation classes Camp Teen Round-Up – Dental Education

Community Education

CU-SWAHEC maintains contacts throughout Southwest Oklahoma and can assist with health related projectsCU-SWAHEC is integrated in many of the communities in the region, active in local coalitions as well as state-wide effortsCU-SWAHEC arranges health conferences, seminars, and guest speakersCU-SWAHEC offers a large resource library containing materials such as video tapes, books, and catalogsCU-SWAHEC provides opportunities for career exploration through job shadowing and mentoringCU-SWAHEC arranges clinical rotations for health care rofessional studentsCU-SWAHEC supports health career, wellness, and math and science campsCU-SWAHEC gives classroom presentations, teaches curriculum, offers information and referral, and is a local expert on public health and health education activities

Dr. Joe LangleyDirector

Cameron University’s Southwest Area Health

Education Center408 South Shepler

2800 West Gore BoulevardLawton, OK 73505

(580) 581-2852 phone(580) 581-2543 fax

jlangely@cameron.edu

Beth YoungHealthcare Careers

CoordinatorCameron University’s

Southwest Area Health Education Center411 South Shepler

(580) 581-2281 phone(580) 581-2543 fax

byoung@cameron.edu

Jenny BreedenClinical Coordinator

Cameron University’sSouthwest Area Health

Education Center410 South Shepler

(580) 581-2792 phone(580) 581-2543 fax

jennyb@cameron.edu

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