Southern Vermont AHEC

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Serving Windham, Windsor,

Bennington, and Rutland Counties

In partnership with the University of Vermont College of Medicine

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Welcome to Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Connecting Students to Careers, Professionals to Communities, and Communities to Better Health

WHAT'S NEW?

SEARCH description and Community Profile Snapshot:

SEARCH (Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health) is a state based program that enables students and residents to serve clinical rotations and summer projects on multidisciplinary health care teams in underserved communities.

Community Orientation Handbook: County Profiles. This handbook offers demographic information by County, including populations, socio-economic and racial demographics, leading health indicators and community and recreation resources.

Windham and Rutland Counties available now; Windsor and Bennington coming soon!

Windham County Profile (pdf)

Rutland County Profile (pdf)

The Stratton Foundation Funds MedQuest Scholarships

Stratton Mountain and Valley Community Benefit Foundation has chosen the Southern Vermont AHEC MedQuest program as a recipient of a $1,000 Stratton Foundation Grant. Read full press release here (pdf)

Vermont AHEC 2009 Primary Care Snapshot now available

download here (pdf)

Upcoming Events

9/15/10

PAN Consortium Meeting

Springfield Family Center

minutes from June 15 meeting

SVAHEC in the News

MedQuest program provides training for aspiring nurses

Brattleboro Reformer, 3/20/10

30+5 PROGRAM	MEDQUEST 2010 HEALTH CAREERS EXPLORATION	PRIMARY CARE EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT
30+5 helps build community partnerships that embrace the goals of increasing youth & family access to participation in physical activity and opportunities for healthy food choices. more info	MedQuest West- July 11-16, 2010 MedQuest East- August 1-6, 2010 more info MQ 2009 photos (pdf)	If you are practicing in Vermont, you may be eligible for assistance with repaying your student loans more Info
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & NUTRITION (PAN) CONSORTIUM	2010 MEDICAL STUDENT SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES	PRACTITIONER TO PRACTITIONER (PTOP) REFERRAL DIRECTORY
A consortium to help increase nutrition education and physical activity opportunities for youth and their families. more info	Are you a first year UVM College of Medicine student? Check out the Freeman Rural Summer Doc Program! more info	Looking for a Practitioner to Practitioner (PTOP) referral resource and directory of mental health care professionals in Southern Vermont? www.ptophelp.org

Southern Vermont AHEC, 365 Summer Street, Suite 151, Springfield, VT 05156

802-885-2126 (phone) * 888-758-0676 (toll free) * 802-885-2128 (fax) * info@svahec.org (email)

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