Continuing Education Offerings

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Developing the Alaska CACHE: A Clearinghouse for Alaska’s Continuing Health Education to expand access for rural providers.

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The Alaska CACHE is a fully-functioning, web-based learning management system to:

  • increase Health Care Professionals’ access to CE/CME
  • assist Alaska’s small, rural healthcare facilities in managing/tracking staff’s education needs
  • allow larger facilities to reach out to the entire state of Alaska

A Web-based System Designed for Alaska’s Health Workforce

The Alaska CACHE is a project of the Alaska Center for Rural Health, Alaska’s AHEC and the Alaska Healthcare Distance Education Collaborative (AHDEC). Members include Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Federal Healthcare Partnership, Providence Health & Services Alaska & the University of Alaska Anchorage.

A Triple Impact for our Healthcare Industry

  • Healthcare professionals (HCPs) – Phase I
    • Access information about upcoming CE/CME opportunities available by profession or topic
    • Get registration information & connection details for all delivery formats
    • Access & maintain your own CE e-Portfolio– Phase II
  • Hospitals & Clinics – Phase II
    • Adopt a robust, low-cost learning management system to organize staff education & training records
    • Manage required staff training
    • Utilize a private portal to post CE/CME accessible only by your staff
    • Run reports & download user data at your convenience
  • Associations & Organizations – Phase I
    • Reduce spending and simplify your marketing
    • Increase attendance at your public CE/CME offerings by posting them on the Alaska CACHE
    • Strategically plan your CE/CME events (& reduce redundancy) by seeing what others are offering
    • Access CE/CME credit applications directly