Student Projects

 

Vermont Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) 2013 Summer Opportunities Available for Medical and Health Professions Students
CollegeQuest, MedQuest and AHEC Summer Projects 2013 are paid work and learning opportunities hosted by the Vermont Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) in their geographical regions of the state. Each has a specific focus. Please see links below for program description and student eligibility.

AHEC Summer Projects

Application for the Vermont AHEC 2013 Summer Opportunities

Learn more about the 2013 AHEC Summer Projects

CollegeQuest

2013 CollegeQuest Assistant Directors Application

2013 CollegeQuest Assistant Director Job Description

MedQuest

Application for the Vermont AHEC 2013 Summer Opportunities

Learn more about the 2013 AHEC Summer Projects

MEDQUEST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION (SUMMER)

MedQuest is a one-week residential program for high school students entering eleventh and twelfth grades. CVAHEC offers two MedQuest programs during the summer. CVAHEC is looking for several MedQuest Assistant Directors to help staff the program.

What does a MedQuest Assistant do:

• Mentor high school students who are interested in pursuing a healthcare career
• Help plan pieces of the MedQuest Program, like workshops and/or presentations
• Stay with the participants 24/7
• Make sure the participants are on time and prepared for all activities
• Answer questions participants may have about health careers and education
• Make sure the participants are learning from this experience
• Actively participate in the programs
• Run the evening programs
• Act as "counselors" and disciplinarians, if needed
• Communicate with the MedQuest Coordinator throughout the week
• Put together the End-of-Program Celebration slide show or other presentation
• Complete an evaluation of the program
• Have fun!

To apply for the MedQuest Assistant position, fill out the application and submit it to Southern Vermont AHEC (email to ) by the deadline. Make sure to specify which AHEC MedQuest program you would like to do. AHEC representatives will review your application and get back to you as soon as possible.

SEARCH SUMMER PROJECTS 2012

SEARCH Experiences are designed to offer interdisciplinary, community-based service-learning opportunities for health professions students. These two- and four-week experiences give students a deeper understanding of primary care in a rural Vermont community, serving underserved populations, the important role of the community, and the challenges and rewards of this work and setting. Champlain Valley AHEC facilitated the SEARCH projects of the following students in 2012:

• John-Paul Kelada and Ben Clements, UVM College of Medicine, whose project followed up the work of former SEARCH students to help address some of the challenges that Latino migrant farm workers face in accessing healthcare and to identify resources for health services in Addison County.

Addison County Latino Migrant Farm Worker Healthcare Access

• Lauren Kreiger, UVM College of Medicine, and Nicole Fossiano, UVM Masters of Social Work candidate, whose project was to work with the newly arrived in Vermont Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugee population to develop relevant resource information for Champlain Valley AHEC's Cultural Competency for Healthcare Providers, a manual to assist primary care providers in addressing the health needs of this new population.

Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers: Bhutanese Refugees

• Michelle VanHorne, UVM College of Medicine, and Erin O'Keefe, UVM Masters of Social Work candidate, whose project followed up the work of former SEARCH students in the "Linking Elders to Local Foods for Better Health" project by addressing previously identified barriers for elders at PACE in order for them to more easily access local healthy foods.

Linking Elders to Local Foods for Better Health

Never Eat Anything Your Grandmother Wouldn't Consider Food

SEARCH SUMMER PROJECTS 2011

Champlain Valley AHEC facilitated the SEARCH projects of the following students in 2011:

• Peter Cooch and Dave Larsen, UVM College of Medicine, whose project helped to address some of the challenges that Latino migrant farm workers face in accessing healthcare in Franklin County.

Franklin County Latino Migrant Farm Worker Poster

Latino Migrant Farm Worker Quick Reference Guide - English

Latino Migrant Farm Worker Quick Reference Guide- Spanish

• Caitlin Dempsey and Alixandra West, UVM MSW students, and Heath Lutton, UVM COM, sought to increase the access for seniors at the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to healthy, locally grown food.

Linking Elders with Local Food for Better Health Poster

• Chelsea Harris, UVM COM, by updating the Champlain Valley AHEC Cultural Competency Manual has provided our region's primary care practitioners with new, revised and additional information to  assist them in providing health care by understanding Vermont's ethnically diverse population.

Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers Poster

• George Vana, Laura Rabideau, and Ben Ware, UVM COM students, worked together on a project to determine whether medical students regard electronic medical records as a barrier or an enabler of learning and whether their curriculum covering EMR could be improved.

Medical Student Perspectives Regarding Electronic Medical Records Poster