UP AHEC

Join UP AHEC and Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center on Tuesday, March 18 to learn more about our CMA Apprenticeship Program! What: CMA Apprenticeship Program Info Session When: Tuesday, March 18 from 6-7 pm Eastern Time Where: Zoom To register: https://lnkd.in/g2xWMiyU Visit https://lnkd.in/g5gCtSun to view open Medical Assistant positions at UGL!

On Wednesday, February 26, Shelby Santti, Workforce Development Manager and Sharon Shifflette, Workforce Development Coordinator attended the Northern Michigan University Career Fair and represented UP AHEC and host partner, Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center. They shared open positions at UGL, scholarship and loan repayment program opportunities available to primary care students/health care providers, and community based student experience and health career preparation and promotion opportunities.

Join UP AHEC and Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center on Tuesday, March 18 to learn more about our CMA Apprenticeship Program! What: CMA Apprenticeship Program Info Session When: Tuesday, March 18 from 6-7 pm Eastern Time Where: Zoom To register: https://lnkd.in/g2xWMiyU Visit https://lnkd.in/g5gCtSun to view open Medical Assistant positions at UGL!

#MichiganHealthCouncil new website includes needs and high demand healthcare occupations, career pathway planning, and future growth projections to assist in career exploration. https://lnkd.in/gWBBrYVk

UP AHEC attended the 2024 OneUP Copper Trails Festival which reached over 500 western UP middle school students. The event offered dozens of hands-on HSTEM career exploration activities intended to create curiosity and spark interest! Michigan AHEC

Check out the segment featuring Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center Addiction Medicine Physicians Dr. Fred Groos, Dr. Gregory Jones, Dr. Thomas M. Kates and their efforts to address addiction and support the road to recovery! https://lnkd.in/gqjKz2_7

Check out this brief interview to learn more about how Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) work to fight health disparities in their communities. #AHEC #AHECScholars

Time for the MI-AHEC Fall 2024 Recap from UP AHEC (UPRC). UPRC recently welcomed Sharon Shifflette to the team as the Workforce Development Coordinator. UPRC's host partner Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center Great Lakes Family Health welcomed Andrea Heinz, a new CMA Apprentice who earned her Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) certification in under four months! UPRC also hosted their fall provider meeting providing CME opportunities covering topics such as Paradigms in Pain Theory and Management and Gender Affirming Care. Finally, UPRC Executive Director Shelby Santti, and Workforce Development Coordinator Sharon Shifflette attended the Northern Michigan University Healthcare Career Fair. To check out the full story click the link below for our Fall Newsletter! Fall Newsletter: https://buff.ly/40xnimH #MichiganAHEC #MIAHEC #AHEC #UPRC #UpperGreatLakesFamilyHealth #NorthernMichiganUniversity #UpperPeninsular #HealthCare #HealthCareCareers

The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and UP AHEC share a similar mission in addressing Primary Care Provider shortages in rural and urban medically underserved communities across the State of Michigan. UP AHEC specifically strives to inspire our own local UP youth to pursue medicine in hopes that they return to serve our communities one day.