Partnering with AHEC
We partner with local community organizations to provide accredited, no-cost or low-cost continuing education opportunities for healthcare professionals. Contact us to discuss partnership opportunities for your next event!
Events
The Panhandle Area Health Education Center has upcoming continuing education events scheduled. As more information is available concerning dates, locations and costs, this information will be posted here as well as our Facebook page.
Mental Health Technician Course - begins October 22, 2024
Registration is now open for the Fall Mental Health Technician Course! The first class will start on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (5:30pm) at the Amarillo College West Campus. For more information, call 806.354.6088.
Click here for the event flyer.
Top of Texas Silver Star Board - Financial Exploitation Conference
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / 9am-2:30pm / Harrington Academic Hall, Amarillo
$28.3 billion. That's how much money older adults lose each year in financial exploitation. How do these vultures land their victims? Hear a first-hand account and learn what makes it so challenging to remove someone from an exploiter's grasp. Information on apprehending and convicting those who exploit the elderly will be provided. $30 conference fee includes breakfast and lunch!
Click here for the event flyer and registration information.
Amarillo Agency on Aging's 18th Annual Caregiver Conference
Keynote Speaker: Samantha Young-Cervantes
10 Steps to Organized Caregiving: Empowering Caregivers
Friday, November 1, 2024 / 8am-5pm / Central Church of Christ Commons, Amarillo
Event flyer and registration information coming soon!
Panhandle Great 25 Nurses Celebration
November 7, 2024 / 5:30-8:00pm / WTAMU Alumni Banquest Dining Hall, Canyon
The Panhandle Great 25 celebration raises awareness of the contributions of nurses to patient care, research, leadership, education, and community service of more than 4000 nurses practicing in the Panhandle area. The Panhandle Great 25 Nurses 8th annual event will take place on November 7th, 2024, from 5:30-8:00 pm at the WTAMU Alumni Banquet Dining Hall on the WTAMU campus in Canyon, Texas. For additional information on this event, go to https://www.panhandlegreat25.com/.
Enduring Material: ADHD Myths and Controversies: An Insider’s View
This video will focus on defining and diagnosing patients who have ADHD with compassion and respect, discussing facts on limiting cure and treatment options for patients with ADHD, identifying common myths regarding ADHD, and distinguishing potential inequalities that result in decreased treatment of minorities. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™️.
This video will be available June 9, 2023 – June 8, 2026.
For the event flyer, click here.
For the registration portal, click here.
Enduring Material: Left Behind-Rural Health
This video will focus on defining and diagnosing patients who have ADHD with compassion and respect, discussing facts on limiting cure and treatment options for patients with ADHD, identifying common myths regarding ADHD, and distinguishing potential inequalities that result in decreased treatment of minorities. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™️.
This video will be available June 9, 2023 – June 8, 2026.
For the event flyer and registration link, click here.
Amarillo College (West Campus) - 2024 TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) and ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Core) Courses
The Trauma Nursing Core Course and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course provider courses are designed to provide core level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skills associated with the delivery of professional emergency nursing care to the trauma patient. Content is presented through a combination of online pre-course modules, presentation and psychomotor skills stations.
Participants of ENPC and TNCC courses will receive a provider manual designed to reinforce the lectures/skills as well as directions to access a link which will enable them to view required online modules prior to attending the course.
Registration will be accepted on a "first-come, first-served" basis as enrollment is limited.
To view the TNCC flyer, click here.
To view the ENPC flyer, click here.
For more information or to register for a course, contact Mr. John Sappington at:
(806) 382-3226 or email: jgsappi@gmail.com
Future Events - more info to be posted soon!
Department of State Health Services Immunization Conference (December 10, 2024)
Department of State Health Services School Nurse Workshop (April 3, 2025)
Golden Spread Activity Director Association Nursing Home Activity Director Update (April 18, 2025)
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is your refund policy?
25% of the payment is forfeited if attendee cancels one week before the start of the event. Refunds will not be given if it is less than a week before the event. Call us at 806-651-3483 for extenuating circumstances or for more information.
If I am paying at the event, will I get a receipt?
After paying by check, credit card or debit card at the event, you will be given a receipt of payment.
If I am paying prior to the event, will I get a receipt upon payment?
If paying prior to the event by credit card or debit card, you will be emailed a confirmation of payment.
CASH PAYMENTS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED FOR ANY EVENTS. To pay by check for events, please complete registration and select "check" for payment method. To send in a check prior to an event, make check payable to "Panhandle AHEC." Include your driver's license state and number, and send to: Panhandle AHEC, WTAMU Amarillo Center, 720 S. Tyler Ste. 370, Amarillo, TX 79101.