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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:

View abstracts by topic heading or by city of preceptorship.