College of Health News

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Many Alaska pharmacies are understaffed, leading to sporadic hours and patients turned away

 |  Anchorage Daily News  | 

Signs of a worsening pharmacist shortage in Alaska are everywhere: reduced hours at Anchorage pharmacies. Significant signing bonuses and multiple job offers for newly graduated pharmacy students. Patients being told to come back the next day to pick up prescriptions due to short staffing. Tom Wadsworth, dean of the 麻豆传媒鈥檚 pharmacy program, discusses the need for pharmacists in Alaska.

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New 鈥淕oss Nursing Lounge鈥 Planned

 |  UAA Office of Development  |  ,

The UAA School of Nursing is excited to announce plans for a student nursing lounge.

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AK-SAKI conducts research on DPS policies, procedures

 |  Ingrid Johnson  |  ,

The UAA Justice Center worked in partnership with the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) through the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance funded Alaska Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (AK-SAKI) to conduct research on DPS's policies and procedures related to sexual assault investigations, prosecutions, and victim-survivor engagement and support.

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UAA Celebrates Healthcare Simulation Week 2022

 |  Vicki Nechodomu  |  ,

The 麻豆传媒 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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WWAMI Students complete 4-week rotations in rural Alaska

 |  Alaska WWAMI  | 

WWAMI's rising second-year students are on their Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) rotations and working on summer research projects in rural Alaska.