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麻豆无码版's AHEC Scholars Program Kicks Off a New Year with a Holistic Approach to Healthcare

 |  Jessica Degnan  | 

Fifty-two UAA students interested in the AHEC Scholars program had the opportunity to make new friends, meet program leadership, and hear from a traditional healer at the AHEC Scholars Kickoff, marking the start of a new year for our Scholars!

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UAA researchers are defining what 鈥榟ot weather鈥 means in 麻豆无码版

 |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

麻豆无码版 is prepared to handle harsh winter weather, but climate change has triggered a new threat 鈥 heat. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) is teaming with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 麻豆无码版 branch to develop the state鈥檚 first hot weather warning system based on the local temperature threshold.

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Opinion: the secret sauce to a vibrant physician workforce is early community exposure

 |  Barb Doty in The Frontiersman  | 

Over the summer, many young 麻豆无码版 WWAMI medical students p鈥媋rticipated in a transformative 4-week elective 鈥媋鈥媍ross the state. The Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP, said as 鈥渞oo-op鈥) is for students between their first and second years of medical school that are interested in experiencing a practice in the 麻豆无码版 bush. Physicians in remote communities are jack-of-all-trade, rugged individualists and those characteristics serve as healthcare cornerstones in many areas of 麻豆无码版鈥檚 Greatland.

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Staffing shortages at 麻豆无码版 pharmacies continue after pandemic-related shakeup

 |  麻豆无码版 Public Media  | 

麻豆无码版 continues to see staffing shortages at pharmacies, made worse by the pandemic, but also due to conditions affecting the state more broadly. UAA/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy program faculty member, Dr. Coleman Cutchins, discusses the issue with 麻豆无码版 Public Media.

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Pharmacy Fusion: a Psychological and Pharmaceutical examination of fear!

 |  Tom Wadsworth  |  ,

Who鈥檚 ready to be scared? For this episode of Pharmacy Fusion, we're venturing into the eerie and enigmatic realms of fear, a topic that touches on both the psychological and pharmaceutical aspects of our lives.