Programs News

Spanish Health Care Interpreter Training Program

The Oregon AHEC Spanish Health Care Interpreter Training Program has been developed to address an emerging need for training identified by Oregon health care employers serving increasing populations of low English proficiency (LEP) and non-English proficient (NEP) Spanish-speaking patients. This program was developed to bring training to local communities across Oregon.

Click here for program brochure (PDF)

For more information, contact: Jennifer Valentine, Executive Director, Cascades East AHEC: Cascades East AHEC

AHEC Director Receives Award

Lisa Grill Dodson, MD, Director of the Oregon AHEC Statewide Program was named Family Doctor of the Year for 2009 by the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians

Dr. Dodson (center) with staff at Elgin Family Health Center, one of several clinics in rural Oregon where she provides service

AHEC Centers

AHEC of SW Oregon - Roseburg, OR

Cascades East AHEC - Bend, OR

Northeast Oregon AHEC - La Grande, OR

Oregon Pacific AHEC - Lincoln City, OR

Oregon AHEC Program Office
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Mail Code: L612
Portland, OR 97239
Telephone: 503 494-4896
FAX: 503 494-0626

Related Links

Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute

Office of Rural Health

Oregon Rural Practice Network

K-12 Programs

In A Box Curriculum Series

With funding provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon AHEC has developed the In A Box learning modules. The boxes cover health and science curriculum for grades 4-8 and are available to rural teachers free of charge. Please check out the links below for more information:

Program Brochure

Eye In A Box

Teacher Handbook
Video

Ear In A Box

Teacher Handbook
Video

Brain In A Box

Teacher Handbook
Video

Guts In A Box

Teacher Handbook
Video

Rural Community Health Clerkship

RCHC student community projects:

• Rape Victim Advocacy in Clatsop County
  
  
• Addition of Antepartum Fetal Monitoring at Eastern Oregon Medical Associates in Baker City
  
  
• Vaccine resistance in three families in Cave Junction: Commonalities and an approach
  
  
• Local Resources for Pediatric Health & Family Wellness in Coos Bay & North Bend
  
  
• Prescription Drug Assistance in Cottage Grove: How one community is handling the nationwide epidemic of inadequate coverage
  
  
• Tailored Medical Handouts for a Medical Community
  
  
• Childhood Obesity Prevention: Early Interventional Informational Handout to Increase Awareness at Well Child Visits
  
  
• HPV Vaccine in Milton-Freewater
  
  
• Barriers to Diabetes Management in the Homelsss Population: A Clinician's Perspective and Survey of Portland Homeless Shelters
  
  
• Communication Gap?-Rural Primary Care in Reedsport, OR
  
  
• Fibromyalgia--More than a Pain in the Neck? Dealing with the diagnosis at the Klamath Family Practice Clinic
  
  
• Controversy Surrounding Proposed Columbia Health District Hospital
  
  
• Mental Health Care in Silverton, OR: Barriers, Solutions & Development of a Patient Information Pamphlet
  
  
• Group Medical Appointments in Rural Oregon
  
  
• Analysis of mental health disorders at Dunes Family Health Care in Reedsport, OR
  
  
• Physical activity group visit at the McClaine Street Clinic in Silverton, OR
  
  
• The Coca-Cola Crisis: the relationship between soda consumption & BMI in a Marion County clinic
  
  
• Integrating Education on Postpartum Issues into Existing Birthing Classes for Pregnant Women
  
  
• Providing Successful Comprehensive Outpatient Health Care