News and Updates
See what work we've been doing...Job Shadow Interest Form
2017 Bruce C. Potter Scholarship Award Winner
On Friday, June 16, 2017, the Northern Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) held their Annual Meeting at the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse. The Bruce C. Potter Memorial Scholarship was presented at this meeting to Anola Stage. Anola is in her third year of Medical...
Afton Student Explores Medical Laboratory at Tri-Town
Have you ever wondered what happens after you have a blood test or biopsy? One Afton student had the chance to find out by participating in a medical laboratory science job shadowing program offered through Bassett Healthcare Network and CNYAHEC. Amber Sypniefski, a...
CNYAHEC’s HealthQuest Summer Camp: Where Are They Now?
HWapps offers various opportunities for students to shadow professionals and learn about health careers through our platform. Many students have participated, which in turn has expanded their knowledge and prepared them for future endeavors. One student in particular...
Medical Students to Immerse Themselves in Local Rural Life and Practice
*UPDATED* Listen to the Immersion Students' PSA below! Canton-Potsdam Hospital is partnering with the Northern Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) and SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Department of Family Medicine to bring six medical students to...
New York’s County Health Rankings
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released their latest County Health Rankings, which ranks each county of every state via a number of health factors, health outcomes, policies, and programs. The County Health Rankings use a number of resources, including the...
How to Use the NYSARH SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter Community Group
Accessing the Community Group 1. Once your account has been created on HWapps, you can navigate to the SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter group in one of two ways: Go directly to the SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter group Navigating to it via the NYSARH site (found at...
NYSARH Community Groups
There are two Community groups currently associated with NYSARH: the NYSARH community group, or the “parent group”, and the SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter group, or the “sub-group”.SUNY Potsdam student members will be members of both groups, but NYSARH members will only...
How to Use the NYSARH Site
Once your HWapps account has been created, go to the NYSARH home page. Upon your first visit to the NYSARH home page, you have the option to ‘favorite’ the NYSARH home page to make it easier for future access. To do this, click the plus (+) icon (red arrow in Figure...
The Role of Empathy in Clinical Care
Empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another, in either the past or present, without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an...
Hello world!
Welcome to HWNY AHEC Sites . This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Nursing Summit 2015: The Role of the Nurse in Shaping the Future of Healthcare
You are invited to the Catskill Hudson Area Health Education Center's Nursing Summit 2015! Date: October 22, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: The Henry A. Wallace Center of the FDR Library, 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY Registration: Contact Kathy...
What Is A Physician Assistant? Is It the Right Career for You?
If you want to learn everything about the human body, and use that knowledge to help diagnose and treat patients, then you should think about becoming a physician assistant! Also known as a PA, physician assistants practice medicine on a team supervised by doctors and...
CNYAHEC Names 2015 L. Thomas Wolff, M.D. Scholarship Recipient
The Central New York Area Health Education Center (CNYAHEC) recently announced John Paliakkara as the recipient of this year’s L. Thomas Wolff Scholarship. John, an undergraduate student in the SUNY Potsdam Rural Medical Program, aspires to become a physician. The...
PPS Workforce Leads Meet
CNYCC hosted the first NYS PPS Workforce Leads meeting to collaborate on strategies and showcase workforce vendor resources. View presentation here
Reflections from Rural Health Immersion
While sitting across from four New Visions students in the conference room of Oswego Hospital, I felt nervous. These students were about to graduate and embark on a long journey to bushwhack their own path through life; I realized I was still in the thicket of my own....
Upcoming 8-hour SBIRT Training for Non-Licensed Professionals
SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) is an evidence-based approach to identifying risky substance use in patients. This 8-hour training, when completed after the 4-hour initial SBIRT training, meets the 12-hour requirement for non-licensed...
Spotlight On: Medical Assistant Certificate at Mohawk Valley Community College
Do you like helping others? Are you interested in health and wellness? Consider becoming a medical assistant and make a difference in the lives of others! Mohawk Valley Community College (Utica, NY) offers a Medical Assistant Certificate, which can typically be...