Chris Cannon, Department Chair
Phone: 620.229.5985
Email: cannon@cowley.edu

Mission Statement
The Department of Allied Health Education is dedicated to developing competent, caring and thinking healthcare providers through the use of effective learning strategies that graduate qualified professionals in a mutually rewarding atmosphere.

Allied Health Center Newsletter
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Long Term Adult Health Care Administrator Training
(Nursing Home Administrator)
Learn more about the career opportunities available to graduates of this program. Follow the link on the left.

Cowley's EMS Education receives high praise.
The Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Profession recently conducted a site visit at Cowley College’s Allied Health Center in Winfield. The committee is recommending continued full accreditation without any progress reports for Cowley’s EMS Education. read more...

Cowley receives grant to expand MICT training
Cowley College’s Allied Health Department was recently notified that it’s MICT program got a Perkins Reserve Fund Grant from the Kansas Board of Regents for $65,800 to be used to expand MICT training at Butler Community College.
The grant will allow the MICT program to purchase equipment needed at the satellite location.
“This grant affords us the opportunity to better meet the critical shortage of paramedics in Kansas,” said Slade Griffiths, Department Chair of the Allied Health Education/EMS Education Program Director. “In addition, it has allowed us to form a collaborative partnership with Butler Community College to teach at their campus in Andover. We are very thankful to the Kansas Board of Regents for this opportunity to better meet the needs of students in particular and Kansans in general.”
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MICT program in Andover
With the demand for Mobile Intensive Care Technicians continuing to grow, Cowley College partnered with Butler Community College to offer an 18-month MICT class in Andover.
The first three semesters will be spent in the classroom where students meet two times a week (Monday and Wednesday, 5-10 p.m.) During the spring semester, students will complete the clinical portion of the program. Field internship will also be conducted in the spring semester and will conclude in June. The last three weeks of the class will be spent in the classroom preparing for the National Registry examination.
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Cowley College and WSU team to offer degree
With the healthcare industry continuing to grow, Cowley College and Wichita State University have collaborated to offer students a chance to obtain a Health Services Management & Community Development (HSMCD) degree.
This degree was designed for students to take their first two years of college at Cowley, where they will earn an Associates of Arts degree. They will then transfer to Wichita State University to obtain a bachelor's degree. read more...

Buy Textbooks Online
To buy books online, go to ebookstore, a Cowley College online bookstore through ecampus.com.

Cowley College offering educational opportunities for dislocated workers
Cowley College is investing in our community’s future by providing training to those who need to expand their employment skills.
Funding opportunities are available for dislocated workers that enroll in approved educational training programs, including: CNA/CMA, EMT, Paramedic, Medical Coding, and Medical Transcription.
Don’t delay, classes begin the end of March. For additional information, go to www.cowley.edu/dislocated

Eleven Graduate from Cowley College MICT Program
Graduation for 11 students in Cowley College’s Mobile Intensive Care Technician (paramedic) program was held Friday in the Earle N. Wright Community Room at the main campus in Arkansas City. The program that finished on December 10 completed the AAS degree requirements for these graduates.  read more

Keynote speaker at MICT graduation ceremony praises the Cowley College EMS program
Excerpt from article in EMS Today.
Success in the Heartland
“I know there are many great EMS educational programs out there and I don't mean to put one program above the other. But, in little Arkansas City, Kansas, they're doing a fantastic job in a time when the economy is in turmoil. I salute them and all educators who never forget that everything in EMS, including education, is about the patient and quality patient care.” read more

Cowley MICT - Ten students successfully completed the Cowley MICT Program. read more about the Mobile Intensive Care Technician program at Cowley College's Allied Health Center.


CMA Recertification
The next class will be July 11, 2009. Look here for the registration form.

CPR
The next class will be June 23, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 at the Winfield campus. Call 620.221.3392 to register.

Changes to LPN/RN Pre-requisites
Chemistry is no longer a pre-requisite for the Pratt/Cowley Nursing Program. This change was announced December 2 and affects students applying for the fall 2009 nursing program offered at Cowley’s Winfield campus and students entering the January 2009 LPN to RN online program through Pratt Community College.

Cowley and Southwestern offer new Pre-Nursing Course
The demand for nurses in the healthcare industry continues to grow at an exceptional rate. To help prepare pre-nursing students for their future profession, Southwestern College is offering a pre-nursing course for all Cowley College pre-nursing students. read more

MICT Extrication Training
MICT students from the Andover 18-Month class recently completed extrication training in El Dorado. The Butler County Rescue Squad provided classroom and hands-on instruction.

Students take part in Medical Careers Day

Getting an opportunity to learn about medical programs and degrees offered by Cowley College, a large group of students took part in the school’s Medical Careers Day held October 21, 2008 at the Allied Health Center in Winfield. “It was great to see this many students interested in the allied health and public safety professions,” said Chris Cannon, Allied Health Department Chair/director of EMS Education. “These students saw both the educational opportunities available at Cowley and the future careers that our local workforce has to offer.” read more

Deryk Ruddle named MICT instructor
Deryk Ruddle, former recipient of the Patrick J. McAtee award as a student in Cowley College’s MICT program, will begin full-time employment as an MICT instructor at Cowley on Jan. 21, 2009. read more...

Cindy Branscum completes nursing program
Raising three teenage children and working full-time as Cowley College’s Lead MICT Instructor, Cindy Branscum somehow managed to find the time to complete the School of Nursing program through Excelsior College in Albany, New York. read more...

Tactical Classes for EMS and LawEnforcement

Cowley College’s Advanced Tactical EMS class was held at the Arkansas City campus on September 20, 2008 from 1800-midnight.

The fall 2009 basic class is scheduled to take place October 3 & 4. The advanced class will be October 17 & 18.