RHEC Information

Education:

Vital To Health Care and Healthy Living (top)

Education is a basic component in preventing, understanding, treating, and coping with health issues. Education provides health professionals--such as doctors, nurses, therapists, and ambulance personnel--with the knowledge and skills to help people who suffer from almost every conceivable illness or injury.

Continuing education keeps those same professionals up-to-date on the latest developments, to ensure that they provide the best possible care.

Education helps many people who are ill or injured, as they search for ways to improve their conditions, or cope with life-long conditions.

Education provides many other people with the ability to care for and protect themselves from many types of diseases and injuries.

A Health Education Partnership (top)

Two of the region's largest institutions demonstrate daily their commitment to health education. Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa and North Iowa Area Community College have been the two largest providers of health education programs in North Iowa for many years. In 1987, the two organizations combined many of their health education personnel and resources, and formed the Regional Health Education Center.

A Unique Commitment (top)

The partnership was the first cooperative effort of its type in Iowa. It was the result of determination to provide the best health education programming in the most efficient and cost-effective way.

Unique Opportunities For Health Professionals (top)

The partnership provides comprehensive and essential programs for a variety of healthcare workers. Education programs are provided for numerous health professionals:

Unique Opportunities For Businesses/Industries (top)

The partnership provides services for business and industry related to health promotion. Services include: educational programs, laboratory testing, health screening activities, monthly newsletters, fitness assessments, consultation, exercise classes, blood pressure screening, and support group activities.

Unique Opportunities For Health Consumers (top)

The partnership provides valuable, convenient, and affordable programs for people from all walks of life who want to learn more about how to live with, improve, or avoid, various health conditions. The partnership provides a wide variety of programs on parenting, wellness, health promotion, and preparing for childbirth. In addition, workshops focusing on personal and professional growth and stress management are offered. Other programs address problems, concerns, and coping skills when a person has a health problem or disease.

Mission Statement (top)

The Regional Health Education Center is committed to enhancing the development of individuals and communities in the Community Health Care Network by providing quality health education programs and services.

Equal Opportunity (top)

We are committed to the policy that all persons shall have access to programs, facilities, and employment without discrimination based upon race, religion, color, creed, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicap.

Payment, Refunds, and Additional Information

Payment (top)

Payment is required at the time of registration. We are eliminating the late fee for registration and/or late payment to better serve your needs. We need your cooperation to pre-register for classes. The decision to hold or cancel most classes will be made on the date of the pre-registration deadline. If you do not pre-register, you take the chance that the class will not be held. If you wait to register at the door, there may not be enough handouts, refreshments, or food. You can cancel your registration up to the start of the program, so there is no risk to you to pre-register. Out-of-state tuition is 1½ times listed tuition.

Refunds (top)

A request for refund of one-day workshop fees must be made prior to the start of the activity. No refunds will be permitted after the second class meeting for courses meeting more than once.

Refunds for distance learning programs must be requested prior to receipt or access of the program.

Additional Information (top)

Cancellation: North Iowa Area Community College and Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa reserve the right to cancel a class due to insufficient enrollment.

Weather: If programs are canceled/postponed due to weather conditions, it will be announced over KGLO radio, as well as this website. If you question program cancellation, call RHEC at 422-7100 or 1-800-392-5685, ext. 358.

Location, Hours and Telephone (top)

Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

Location: Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa's West Campus (see map): lower level by the South Elevators.

Lat: 43° 9.307' N; Lon: 93° 15.828' W; Elev: 1269.7 ft.

Phone Numbers (see Staff phone directory):

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