News & Updates: Massachusetts (8)
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Hybrid Healthcare Training Partnership Opens Options for Students
May 14, 2013 -- Article tells of the partnership that launched eHealth careers, an occupational therapy assistant program at Bristol Community College. Most of the class occurs online, but students usually meet once or twice a week, to acquire hands-on experiences.
Source: Community College Times
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Massachusetts, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Technology in Education and Training
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Online Nursing Master's Program Stresses Leadership
May 14, 2013 -- Article tells of an online university program for aspiring family nurse practitioners that promises "an exact replica" of the rigorous clinical and leadership training offered on campus.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: Continuing Education, Education and Training, Massachusetts, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Technology in Education and Training, Trends and Emerging Issues
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Nursing: The Most Trusted Profession in America
May 2, 2013 -- Article give an overview of the nursing profession, a caring career that holds numerous opportunities for service. Last year, Americans voted nurses the most trusted professionals in America for the 13th time in 14 years in the annual Gallup poll
Source: Boston Globe
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Tagged keywords: Connecticut, Education and Training, Health Care Quality, Massachusetts, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Community Health Workers Direct Brockton Patients to the Services they Need
April 29, 2013 -- Article tells of the Massachusetts HealthCorps Navigators program. Navigators work on projects that promote health education, patient access and developing fitness programs and nutrition tips under Community HealthCorps, an extension of AmeriCorps.
Source: EnterpriseNews.com
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Tagged keywords: Community Health Workers, Health Care Access, Massachusetts, Workforce Pipeline
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Lawmakers Support Direct-Care Worker Wage Increases in Minnesota, Massachusetts
April 25, 2013 -- State lawmakers in Minnesota and Massachusetts have taken steps to raise the wages of direct-care workers.
Source: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Aides, Assistants and Guides, Home Health Aides and Home Care Aides, Massachusetts, Minnesota
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Massachusetts Tries a Different Approach to Workforce Training
April 10, 2013 -- Community colleges in Massachusetts are using a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant to provide accelerated workforce training to unemployed adults tied to employers’ needs in industries including health care
Source: Community College Times
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Massachusetts, Workforce Pipeline, Workforce Reentry and Retraining
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Med Schools Get into Population Health
April 10, 2013 -- Alpert Medical School will offer a four-year program that will earn students a doctor of medicine degree plus expertise in primary care, along with skills in how to address such population health issues as obesity, substance abuse and and prenatal care.
Source: Hospitals & Health Networks
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Family Medicine Physicians, Massachusetts, Physicians
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2013 Undergraduate Education for Public Health Summit: Call for Abstracts Now Open
March 29, 2013 -- A call for abstracts is now open for the third annual Undergraduate Education for Public Health Summit to be held in Boston, MA, on November 2, 2013. The theme is Faculty Development: Responding to Trends in Undergraduate Public Health Education.
Source: Association of Schools of Public Health
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, Massachusetts, National, Public Health
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