Interprofessional Education and Work Based Learning is currently collaborating on a project to link tribal colleges and university nursing programs to provide increased access of AI/AN nursing students to four-year degree programs.  Due to the efforts of this committee, we have recently received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a project involving work-based learning for frontline public health professionals.  This project will pioneer work-based learning in collaboration with health professions degree programs at Northern Arizona University. 

Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) Committee
This committee meets the 4th Monday of each month at 12:00 PM PDT.

Our Clinical Laboratory Sciences program utilizes distance learning to deliver a clinical laboratory sciences curriculum to AI/AN students who are working at Indian health facilities in the Southwest.  The program, through collaboration with the University of North Dakota, was introduced in the fall semester of 2005.  It has received approval from the Indian Health Service and is being advertised nationally. 

Pipeline Coordination Committee
This committee meets the 1st Monday of each month at 3:00 PM PDT.

This committee continually works  toward the development of plans to implement activities to support and encourage AI/AN students at the elementary, junior high, high school and undergraduate levels to enter into the healthcare field.  The Pipeline Committee has recently acquired $25,479 in grant funding from the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program and has completed a national registry of successful pipeline programs.  These programs are now available on our website. 

TeleHealthInfrastructure Coordination & Development Committee
This committee meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 9:00 AM PDT.

The TeleHealth Committee is developing an inventory and assessment of the availability of broadband Internet access for students in PIH programs.  They continue to seek innovative solutions to delivering state-of-the-art distance learning to American Indian/Alaska Native students in the healthcare professions.
Through the efforts of this committee, we have integrated Pathways Into Health into the T-Health Institute at the University of Arizona Medical School - Phoenix Campus.  

Conference Development Committee
This committee meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:00 AM PDT.

Thanks to the efforts of this committee, Pathways Into Health held a Professional Development Conference in Denver on September 7-8, 2006.  This conference provided a forum for the dissemination and translation of the latest research findings in health professions education as it relates to the AI/AN population.  The Conference Development Committee is currently synthesizing the proceedings of the conference in Denver and looking ahead at planning and implementing future conferences.

Governance Committee
This committee meets the last Friday of each month at 11:00 AM PDT.

The Governance Committee has developed an effective organizational structure for Pathways Into Health with a mechanism to ensure fair representation from partners.  These have been reviewed by legal counsel and will be voted on at our General Membership meeting on December 12, 2006. 

Resource Development Committee (RDC)
This committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11:00 AM PDT.

As the name indicates, the RDC is focused on the development of effective mechanisms to fund the goals of Pathways Into Health, including Gifts and Giving as well as grants and federal funding programs.   The RDC seeks ways by which various institutions and universities can form partnerships as they develop programs of interest to potential funding agencies.