SW Idaho AHEC is dedicated to supporting Idaho’s healthcare professionals in a variety of ways. We provide opportunities to learn and connect via our Facebook Page, Instagram, and Twitter, and keep our subscribers updated on news from our partners via Frontier Footnotes, a statewide quarterly newsletter. We also partner to provide continuing education opportunities and work to connect healthcare professionals with communities.
SW ID AHEC offers continuing education training for physicians and other providers with a focus on training needs for providers serving rural and underserved populations. We also seek to partner with other organizations to deliver a variety of CE trainings on important topics, including:
- Interprofessional Education
- Behavioral Health Integration
- Social Determinants of Health
- Cultural Humility
- Practice Transformation
- Current & Emerging Health Issues
SW ID AHEC Continuing Medical Education Calendar
Contact Katrina Hoff at khoff@jannus.org or 208-947-4295 for information on CME activities and partnerships.
GUEST SPEAK AT AN ORIENTATION TO HEALTH CAREERS
SPEAKING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RESOURCES
PRECEPT A WWAMI RUOP
Precept a WWAMI RUOP Student Program: The Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) is a four-week, elective immersion experience in community medicine for students between their first and second years of medical school.
- Learn More About the WWAMI RUOP Program
- 34 Ways Precepting a WWAMI RUOP Student Can Add Value to Your Practice
PRECEPTOR RESOURCES
Here you will find up to date resources for practicing physicians and health care providers. If you have resources you would like to share with other providers, please email them to jlawson@jannus.org.
STATE PROGRAMS
Idaho State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
The State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is a multi-discipline, state-based loan repayment program for practitioners working for a nonprofit or public entity located in a federally-designated Health Professional Shortage Area. Loan repayment is provided through a federal grant and every award must be matched $1:$1 with funds provided by the practitioner’s employer. Awards range from $5,000-$25,000 per year for two years.
NATIONAL PROGRAMS
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program
Through the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, medical, dental and behavior health clinicians can get loan repayment as they work at a NHSC site in a high need area. You can receive up to $50,000 to repay loans in exchange for a two year commitment.
Ready to start looking for the perfect career fit? Check here regularly for updates on health career job listings and other career enhancing resources.
- 3RNet is a nonprofit organization that connects professionals searching for jobs in rural or underserved areas with health care facilities.
- ID Hospital Jobs, operated by the Idaho Hospital Association focuses on hospital careers.
- The Idaho Academy of Physician Assistants lists opportunities for its members.
- Learn How to Become strives to help students (or other aspiring professionals) understand what it takes to land their perfect career.
- The American Nurses Association – Idaho features a variety of nursing opportunities for all job seekers.
Idaho Academy of Family Physicians
The Idaho Academy of Family Physicians is committed to quality health care, education, and advocacy on behalf of Idaho’s family physicians and their patients.
Idaho Dental Association
The Idaho Dental Association is the professional association of dentists committed to the public’s oral health through professional advancement, science, and ethics: Leading a unified profession through initiatives of advocacy, education, and the development of standards.
Idaho Commission on Aging
ICA’s mission is to improve quality of life for all older Idahoans, vulnerable adults, and their families through education, advocacy, accountability and service; to provide opportunity for all to live independent, meaningful and dignified lives within communities of their choice.
Idaho Hospital Association
Founded in 1933, the Idaho Hospital Association is a statewide, nonprofit trade association that brings hospital/health care leaders together to identify issues of mutual concern and to address these issues in a responsible manner that ensures quality health care for those we serve throughout Idaho.
Idaho Medical Association
A leading advocate for the practicing physician and for improving the quality of Idaho’s health care. For more than a century, the Idaho Medical Association has supported and served the medical community and fostered high quality care for all Idahoans through its leadership in legislation, medical education, and public health.
Idaho Primary Care Association
Operates a cooperative statewide network, representing ten Community Health Center members and three supporting members.
Idaho Public Health Association
Provides a forum for individuals and organizations to work collectively in order to assure conditions in which Idahoans will be healthy.
Idaho Rural Health Association
The Mission of the Idaho Rural Health Association is to provide leadership on issues related to rural health in Idaho through advocacy, communication, and education.
SPAN Idaho
Suicide Prevention Action Network of Idaho provides leadership, survivor support groups and education throughout the state.