The Southeast Area Health Education Center is hosted by the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
The Southeast Area Health Education Center is hosted by the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
For the Younger Student: Stimulating interest is done through career exploration presentations, hands-on activities and providing information at health and career fairs.
GAMES
Dangerous Decibels: This is a collection of games, demonstrations and activities that will answer three important questions:
Brain Pop: Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards.
Got a question about: Fitness? Disease? Peer Pressure? You've come to the right place! BAM! Body and Mind will tell you all you need to know about all the stuff that matters. By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
KidsHealth has doctor-approved articles, animations, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and stay healthy.
Kinetic City is an amazing collection of science experiments, games and projects for everyone to enjoy both online AND away from the computer.
Knowledge-eating viruses are destroying our world's science. By playing our games and projects, you can beat the bugs and set things right.
Kinetic City is a production of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with support from the National Science Foundation.
The Reconstructors' Medical Mysteries is an interactive web adventure for middle school students in which explorers will help to unlock the mysteries of infectious diseases.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Pages, fun and games to introduce children to science, research, and medicine relating to the environment.
The Scrub Club® is a group of seven kids and Ship-Shape – the mysterious but lovable leader who watches over the hands of the world’s children from his Bubble telescope – that join forces to fight off harmful germs and bacteria, teaching children the proper handwashing process along the way.
Each of the Scrub Club® kids represents one of the six steps of the handwashing process.
Edheads is a non-profit organization that provides free high quality educational activities on the Web at no cost to students or teachers. Edheads creates unique, educational Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach concepts understandable.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet. Find out all about the human body with Wendell the Worm, Yucky's Ace Reporter. Dora and I learned all about the gross and cool stuff humans' bodies create--burps, snores, gas and more and we put it all on the Yucky site. Just click on a word to go to that section ---and don't forget to play the sounds and send us e-mail when you get there.
Looking for a great summer camp? Check out the new opportunities on www.healthcareersinalaska.info.
For the Student in a Health Professions Program: SE Alaska AHEC offers some financial support to students interested in gaining experience in the underserved areas of southeast Alaska through clerkships, internships or rotations. Contact our Health Career Coordinator for more information.
Click for a PDF file of Hot Jobs in Healthcare (Profiles and Pathways)
For the Health Care Professional Be a part of shaping the future by volunteering your expertise! You can support AHEC activities by: teaching, mentoring, speaking, preceptoring, telling others about opportunities! It is a great way to give to students. When a student seeks to job shadow you or hear the story of your career path consider it an honor. Never underestimate the power of one individual. One person can make all of the difference in a young person’s life.
SE AHEC also distributes information on scheduled continuing education for health care providers. Please let us know if you have specific interest areas or needs.
PHPartners.org: Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.
MedlinePlus.gov/salud: A free, comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date health information web site from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health.
Alaska Medical Library: consortiumlibrary.org/aml
