Third Annual Health Sciences Professional Development Summit
Nominations for Governor's Award
Now Being Accepted
Health Care Careers Resource Manual Produced by AH COE
Promising Practices
and Emerging Trends Online Conference a Success
Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force Annual Report 2009
Clark College Nursing
and SW WA Medical
Center Cuts
Everett Community College Receives Grant
Gaining Recognition
for Neurodiagnostic Technologists
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Presented in this Fall 2010 Newsletter: The Third Annual Health Sciences Summit, HEET Grant Applications Now Being Accepted, Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force's Annual Report, Health Care Careers Resource Manual Now Available.
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Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) Grant Funding Available
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) invites Washington’s community and technical colleges to apply for Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) grant funding. These grants are to build innovative programs that:
Applications will be accepted in three categories:
| HEET 1 | HEET 2 |
HEET 3 |
Projects originally funded in 2008-09 may apply only for one-year funding to allow an existing cohort to complete. |
Projects originally funded in 2009-10 may apply a second phase of an existing project. |
New projects for 2010-11 |
If you have questions on the application process or want more information about the HEET grant, please contact Pat Ward, Workforce Program Administrator, at (360) 704-4342 or pward@sbctc.edu.
Electronic proposals need to be sent to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) at pward@sbctc.edu no later than 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
A hard copy must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010. Applications that arrive after the respective deadlines will not be accepted.
Visit SBCTC website for more information about the HEET grant and to get your copy of the application form.
››Third Annual Health Sciences Professional Development Summit
Health Science Career and Technical Education and the Allied Health Center of Excellence will be hosting their 3rd Annual Health Science Professional Development Summit at Renton Technical College from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m. on October 8, 2010. Clock hours and lunch will be provided.
Talk to your CTE director and save the date. Updates will be provided in the September CTE Newsletter. If you are not already on the listserve for this, please sign up here.
Registration & Conference Information will also be available September 1st at: www.yvcc.edu/coe
Any questions regarding the fall conference please contact: Lora Congleton congleton.lora@yakimaschools.org
›Governor’s Award for Best Practices in Workforce and Economic Development
The annual Governor’s Award for Best Practices in Workforce and Economic Development brings statewide public and professional recognition to projects and programs that have achieved positive results and have made noteworthy contributions to both the field of workforce and economic development.
Don’t forget the September 10th deadline to get in your nomination for this award!
Click here for the nomination form
››Allied Health Center of Excellence Distributes a Health Care Careers Resource Manual
'Health Care Careers - Degrees and Certificates' Washington State’s resource manual for Two-Year Community and Technical Colleges is now available! The program guide lists health sciences programs offered by the community and technical with contact information and web addresses for each individual program.
This is an excellent resource for career counselors, academic advisors, students, parents and industry leaders and trainers. The program guide allows them to review, compare and consider a number of career pathways leading towards a career in health care.
The PDF version is now available on the Allied Health Center of Excellence website. Printed copies are available upon request. Please send an email to coe@yvcc.edu for a hard copy of the guide.
You will need Adobe Acrobat to download this document.
››Best/Promising Practices Web Conference a Success
This year’s conference on Promising Practices and Emerging Trends in Allied Health was the first time that the Allied Health Center of Excellence held their spring conference in a web-based format. The conference, which was held over three weeks in June, was offered online in response to the economic climate. Over $54,000 was saved by holding the conference online.
Over 90% of the participants reported that they were satisfied or very satisfied with their conference experience, the presentations and the web-based format of the conference. Participants’ comments highlighted the need to have high quality, low cost professional development available.
The Allied Health Center of Excellence sponsored the total cost for the development and maintenance of the conference site so participants were able to attend and receive clock hours with no costs incurred to their institution. The presentations will be soon be archived on the AH Center of Excellence website.
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Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force: 2009 Annual Report
The Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force’s 2009 report covers the task force’s priorities for 2010, progress in 2009, areas for improvement including skill gaps, and supply data for 36 health care occupations. They have identified two major challenges as their main focus:
The Task Force, made up of representatives from industry, labor, government, and education, meets at least twice a year to work on these issues. They believe that by solving these two problems they will be able to solve the health care personnel shortage.
Below are the strategic goals they have developed for this year to address these challenges.
Strategic Goals:
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››Clark College Nursing Graduates and SW WA Medical Center Cuts
Southwest Washington Medical Center has cut thirty positions, most in nursing, in response to the double-digit unemployment in the area. In a television story about this decision Jean Donovan, associate dean of health sciences at Clark College is interviewed. She explains the short- and long-term job outlook for nursing graduates.
›Everett Community College Receives Health Care Education Grant
The unemployment rate for Snohomish County rose to 9.6 percent in June but the announcement of a $4.8 million grant for Everett Community College has offered hope to the region.
The grant will be used to train new health care professionals, a career field that is expected to have increased demand in coming years as baby boomers age into retirement.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, accompanied by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., announced the grant on June 29. It is expected to help EvCC fund the Healthcare Education-to-Career Opportunities project, or HECO.
›Gaining Recognition for Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Faye McNall, Director of Education for the American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists (ASET), shares her insights on the challenges that the allied health field has faced in being recognized for their contributions and the challenges facing allied health education programs. She also comments on strategies for promoting the development and recognition of this profession.
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