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Afton Student Explores Medical Laboratory at Tri-Town

Have you ever wondered what happens after you have a blood test or biopsy? One Afton student had the chance to find out by participating in a medical laboratory science job shadowing program offered through Bassett Healthcare Network and CNYAHEC. Amber Sypniefski, a sophomore, had the unique opportunity to spend fifteen hours at Tri-Town Regional […]
CNYAHEC’s HealthQuest Summer Camp: Where Are They Now?
HWapps offers various opportunities for students to shadow professionals and learn about health careers through our platform. Many students have participated, which in turn has expanded their knowledge and prepared them for future endeavors. One student in particular is Sara Nelson. Nelson, now a second year graduate student working towards her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at […]
Medical Students to Immerse Themselves in Local Rural Life and Practice
*UPDATED* Listen to the Immersion Students’ PSA below! Canton-Potsdam Hospital is partnering with the Northern Area Health Education Center (NAHEC) and SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Department of Family Medicine to bring six medical students to the Potsdam area for an immersion experience from June 6 through June 11. The Rural Immersion program […]
New York’s County Health Rankings
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released their latest County Health Rankings, which ranks each county of every state via a number of health factors, health outcomes, policies, and programs. The County Health Rankings use a number of resources, including the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the American Community Survey, […]
How to Use the NYSARH SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter Community Group
Accessing the Community Group 1. Once your account has been created on HWapps, you can navigate to the SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter group in one of two ways:
NYSARH Community Groups
There are two Community groups currently associated with NYSARH: the NYSARH community group, or the “parent group”, and the SUNY Potsdam Student Chapter group, or the “sub-group”.SUNY Potsdam student members will be members of both groups, but NYSARH members will only be members of the NYSARH group. The logic behind this is:
How to Use the NYSARH Site
Once your HWapps account has been created, go to the NYSARH home page. Upon your first visit to the NYSARH home page, you have the option to ‘favorite’ the NYSARH home page to make it easier for future access. To do this, click the plus (+) icon (red arrow in Figure 1) to favorite the […]
The Role of Empathy in Clinical Care
Empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another, in either the past or present, without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. Numerous studies confirm positive association between a provider’s level of empathy and favorable clinical outcomes […]
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