On January 7th-8th, 2021, Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers (WI AHEC) virtually hosted its 8th annual Interprofessional Case Competition (IPCC). This traditionally in-person event brought together interdisciplinary teams of health professions students across multiple professional schools and programs, both private and public, to develop and present a proposed solution to a healthcare challenge. Eight teams …
Teams from each of AHEC Wisconsin’s seven regional centers converged once again this year at the Interprofessional Healthcare Case Competition. The challenge, held at the Kalahari Resort from January 9 to 10, 2020, gave both graduate and undergraduate students pursuing various healthcare careers the opportunity to collaborate in teams and exhibit their innovative solutions to …
For this month’s spotlight, we are highlighting a student who participated in our Wisconsin Express program and currently serves as the Milwaukee Regional Representative on the AHEC Alumni Board. Learn more about Andrea Spagnoli’s involvement with AHEC and her plans for the future. Where are you from? Buffalo Grove, Illinois What school are you attending/did you attend? I …
MADISON – Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) supporters from across the state gathered in Madison on September 20, 2017 to advocate at the state capitol during AHEC’s “Day at the Capitol” advocacy event. In the morning, Traci Lindsey, Executive Director of South Central Wisconsin AHEC and Co-Director of Day at the Capitol, introduced the …
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee AHEC Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC) got off to a great start this school year at James Madison Academic Campus. This year the program is being led by Medical College of Wisconsin students, Freddy Siller and Nikhil Munshi. During the October meeting, veteran YHSC members learned how to take blood pressure …
Annie Short MANITOWOC – Annie Short became Northeastern Wisconsin AHEC’s (NEWAHEC) executive director. Short brings 10 years of experience working with community organization and the prevention of substance abuse and mental health. Short graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and is currently attending Concordia University to earn her Master of …
By: Jonathan Fricke MILWAUKEE — I lacked any “real” clinical medical skills the summer before medical school, interning as an arts program coordinator at the Aurora Adult Day Center, a place for people with age-related disabilities. So instead, I applied what tools I did have – my eyes and my ears. What I heard were firsthand …
MILWAUKEE – This past year, Milwaukee Wisconsin AHEC’s Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC) members at the James Madison Academic Campus have been involved in many exciting health career exploration activities. Under the mentorship of two medical students from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Freddy Siller and Luciana Notardonato, the YHSC students have been learning and …
