Establishing Reasons and Recommendation on How to Increase Biomedical Technical Training in Alaska

Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCEThere is an acknowledgement in literature about the increasing healthcare needs, and the disparity among rural area healthcare needs. This project explores and establishes that there is a need for increased biomedical technical training in the State of Alaska. The need and recommendations are discovered through research of current methods within the State and in other locations and analyzes different ways they are currently obtained in Alaska, and suggest hiring locally as a way to increase the number of trained biomedical technicians in Alaska.Abstract / Table of Contents / List of Figures / List of Tables / Acknowledgments / Introduction / Literature Survey / Data Gathering & Analysis / Discussion & Conclusion / Reference