New York State AHEC’s MASH Camp: Helping Young Adults Get Head Starts in Health Careers
You can never start too early, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Professionals are recommending young adults begin researching careers as early as ninth grade in high school. While this may seem premature, exploring specific careers sooner rather than later can help high school students begin working towards career goals. New York State […]
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, […]
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 […]
