Clinical Education

SWAHEC provides customized training health care experiences such as clinical rotations in primary care for Doctoral students in Osteopathic and Allopathic medicine as well as Physician Associates, underserved and rural areas. Assistance we can provide include:

• Locate and coordinate reliable housing for most rotations
• Locate qualified clinical education preceptors to meet student needs
• Customize elective rotations specific to needs of students
• Specialized summer clinical experience customized to student schedules, interest and needs
• Early clinical summer experiences for student as requested
• Opportunities to attend local and AHEC sponsored workshops, conferences and seminars
• Conference management
• Information and referral as well as recruiting scholars for the Geriatric Scholars program
• Geriatric Education in partnership with the University of Oklahoma's Geriatric Education Center.  
• Maintain a library of Geriatric related education which is available for loan.
• Access to health resource materials such as DVD's, brochures and journals
• For those who require CME, opportunities for loan of DVD's which will provide continuing education credit for pharmacy, nursing, social work and physicians
• Other services as requested 

The following clinical education support is offered through SWAHEC:

Behavioral Health
Dietetics
Geriatrics
Health Promotion
Medicine
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Optometry
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy
Physician Associate/Assistant
Public Health
Social Work

Community Education

• Maintain active association of community organizations to better assess the needs and requests for education on current topics of benefit to the community and area
• Serve as a pulse for the most current health care information and act as a conduit for that information to the community and area
• Provide Cancer Survivorship Education through the LiveStrong Program provided by the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Locate guest speakers for health-related topics
• Create and sustain community interest groups in new and innovative program and special interest programming in southwest Oklahoma
• Conference management
• Information and referral

For more information, please contact:

Jenny Breeden, Clinical Coordinator
2800 W Gore Blvd., Lawton, OK  73505
South Shepler, Room #410
Phone: 580.581.2792
Fax: 580.581.2543
Email: jennyb@cameron.edu

Related Links:

• Physicians Manpower Training Commission
• Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Geriatric Education Center 
• DHS Post Adoption Services
• DHS Volunteerism
• Oklahoma's Official Web Site
• Oklahoma Lawyers for Children
• Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
• Oklahoma District Attorneys Council
• Child Abuse Training and Coordination