Middle/High School Health Career

As part of our mission we promote health careers to Middle/High students. We provide a variety of health career programming
through in-classroom activities, summer enrichment camps and health career fairs.

The Southern KY AHEC's 15-county service region includes: Boyle, Casey, Estill, Garrard, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Mercer,
Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, and Whitley Counties.

Interactive Augmented Reality

Anatomy Interactive
Augmented Reality Banner

MUST HAVE WIFI Access.
Tap any element (muscle, bone, organ, etc.) and detailed info will be shown on the display in augmented reality.

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DNA Necklace

A fun and exciting laboratory activity for isolating human DNA and creating wearable DNA necklaces. 

Students extract crude DNA from their own cheek cells.

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Fatal Vision Concussion Goggles

Hands-on awareness tool that is specifically constructed to simulate the potentially debilitating effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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Behavioral Health Careers

One look through the D.W.eyes™ and you’re under the influence. Eyewear recreates the visual distortion, loss of perception, and lack of control that impair drunken drivers.

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Karyotyping

Using a printed, magnetic karyotype layout board and illustrations of human chromosomes, students prepare and analyze normal and abnormal human karyotypes. Identify each magnetic chromosome and its homologous pair based on size, centromere position, and banding pattern, then arrange them in standard karyotype format on the magnetic layout board.

Activity is for High School ONLY.

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Respiratory Therapy Careers

The Ambu Airway Management Trainer gives an accurate simulation of mouth, nostrils, teeth, tongue, pharynx, larynx, epiglottis, vocal cords, trachea, esophagus and lungs.

Realistic lifting and tilting of head give you the right feel. It has a realistic movement of the head, cervical spine and jaw simulate relevant anatomical changes during intubation.
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Cold Case / Rethink your Drink

No mystery here: The connection between sugary beverages and negative health consequences becomes crystal clear with this display.  

Excess liquid sugar consumption for its role in the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and tooth decay.
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Optometry Careers

Students will learn about the anatomy of the eye, common eye injuries, and eye diseases by using a oversized model of a eye.

In addition the use of glasses to demonstrate the different eye diseases and making an eye model to demonstrate injuries.

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DNA Bracelets

Using beads, students will be able to create a bracelet to demonstrate a DNA sequence of a plant, animal, or human.

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Blood Typing

Students are amazed by the discovery of blood typing. Using synthetic blood students get exposure to health careers such as clinical Laboratory Technologists .

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The Mega Body Exhibit

Walk through the entire human body! This larger-than-life, walk-through model of the entire human body is a wonderful way for students to experience the inner workings of various systems and individual parts of the bodies.. all at once.

Approx. 50' long x 26' wide x 12' highMust be in a large space such as a gym.Must be a health career related event. Can not be outside.A minimum of at least 200 students for the tour is required for us to bring the exhibit to your school.

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Health Occupations Today Expo

Who is the target? This event is designed for high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in healthcare, within Southern AHEC’s service region. 

How does it work? Each high school will have one hour in the exhibit hall to explore health career paths through engaging discussions and hands-on medical
activities. Students will also have the opportunity to:
- Learn about financial aid options.
- Meet with healthcare professionals, college health students, and instructors
Transportation funding is provided for each bus. Schools are welcome to attend both events with different groups of students.

How long does it last? Exhibitor set-up begins at 8 am, the first set of students will arrive at 9 am., and the last group is scheduled to be out by 12 noon. There are 4-time slots for the high schools.

Save the Dates!

10.24.25 Corbin, Ky - Held at the Corbin Arena
11.7.25 Somerset, Ky - Held at the Center for Rural Development

Pre-registration is required. Registration will open in August 2025!

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Summer Health Career Camp

Students explore a wide variety of health careers during two days of interactive hands-on activities. We are limited to 10-20 campers depending on location.  For incoming freshman through senior high school students from the SOAHEC Service Region.

Registration will open in May 2025