Empower Yourself Through Hands-On Experience and Community Learning
The AHEC Scholars Program is designed for students like you who are eager to gain hands-on experience and delve deeper into the issues that impact communities. Discover the vital social determinants of health that affect vulnerable populations and underserved communities. By understanding their unique needs, you’ll be able to see the bigger picture beyond individual health and develop meaningful interactions with diverse populations.
Augment Your Current Curriculum for a Brighter Future
This program is tailored to augment your current curriculum, enhancing your understanding of critical topics in healthcare. Cultivate expertise in cultural competency, behavioral health integration, interprofessional care coordination, healthcare reform, and quality improvement. The online curriculum includes engaging videos, journal articles, and online certificate programs to enrich your learning experience.
Be Part of an Interprofessional Team and Make a Difference
As an AHEC Scholar, you won’t be alone in this journey. You’ll be part of an interprofessional team, working together to make a positive impact on communities. Through various community-based projects and experiences, you’ll apply your knowledge from the didactic education in real-life scenarios, making you a more well-rounded and effective healthcare professional.
To be eligible for the AHEC Scholars Program, you must currently be matriculated into an accredited allied health or health professional degree/certificate program. We welcome those with a genuine interest in improving the health quality of individuals in underserved healthcare communities.
Throughout the two-year program, each AHEC Scholar will complete 40 hours of didactic education and 40 hours of community-based experiential training per year, totaling 80 hours for both components.
At NAHEC, we have cohorts with students from all over Northern New York – check out some of our partners! You also can be part of this thriving community of scholars and make a difference in Central New York, apply today!
Didactic education consists of an online curriculum that addresses topics designed to augment patient care, including:
The curriculum will be delivered through videos, journal articles, and online certificate programs.
Each AHEC Scholar will be a part of an interprofessional team of students. Through various community-based projects and experiences, participants will apply their knowledge from the didactic education in their interactions with the community and become more well-rounded students.
Questions?
Contact our Center Director at whitney@nahecnet.org
As part of the larger New York State AHEC System, NAHEC is one of nine centers in the State of New York offering statewide capacity for addressing healthcare workforce needs. NAHEC serves Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton counties. The NYSAHEC System is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Award titled Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program (U77). The content and information is solely the responsibility of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
