College of Health News

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Building Confidence Through Collaboration: UAA's medical assisting program and Simulation Center

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Students in the medical assisting program at the UAA College of Health benefit from a unique collaboration with the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.

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Improving care through simulation

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Students in fall's EMT 130 — Emergency Medical Technician I burnished their clinical and decision-making skills in a trio of rapid-fire trauma simulations, thanks to a first-time partnership between the Fire and Emergency Services program and the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.

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Youth explore health and social service careers at UAA Academic Preview Day

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Over 400 high school juniors and seniors from 11 high schools across Anchorage converged on the UAA Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Airline Center on Sept. 30, 2022 to explore their future career and academic options at UAA’s Academic Preview Day.

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UAA Celebrates Healthcare Simulation Week 2022

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The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center (IHSSC) invites the UAA and broader Anchorage community to join the global celebration of Healthcare Simulation Week September 12-16, 2022.

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Simulation is raising the bar in healthcare education at UAA

 |  Michelle Saport  |  ,

Students in the UAA Paramedic Program and Nursing Program participated in an interdisciplinary simulation involving an active shooter incident at a Women's Health Center on the Mat-Su College campus.