AHEC Scholars Program
Increasing opportunities for community-based experiential training within the State of Alabama.
Better Serve Your Community with the AHEC Scholars Program
The Alabama AHEC Scholars Program is a multidisciplinary program that gives health professions students a unique opportunity to practice hands-on training and gain experience providing care in rural or underserved areas.
AHEC Scholars learn as inter-professional teams, completing didactic and clinical training alongside their regular curricula while preparing to work with Alabama’s medically disadvantaged populations.
About the Program
The Scholars Program is a two-year commitment and consists of 40 hours of online training and 40 hours of team-based service learning per year. Requirements for this program are in addition to a student’s regular coursework required by their degree program. Most instructional material is self-paced study, with some small group facilitated discussions and in-person workshops held in your region with local health professions faculty.
AHEC Scholars engage in team-based clinical experiences providing care to vulnerable and underserved patients in settings like homeless shelters, free clinics, community health centers, health fairs, and more.
A $500 stipend is available per year.
Scholars will enhance their knowledge and competence in the following areas:
- Interprofessional Education (IPE)
- Behavioral Health Integration
- Social Determinants of Health
- Cultural Competency
- Practice Transformation
- Current & Emerging Health Issues
AHEC prepares a culturally competent group of future healthcare professionals to succeed through service in underserved areas of Alabama. Learn more today!
Regional Centers
The Alabama AHEC Network is dedicated to recruiting, training, and retaining the Alabama healthcare workforce while broadening the distribution of the health workforce, enhancing the quality of care, and improving health care delivery to rural and underserved populations in Alabama. The following centers are members of the Alabama AHEC Network and are federally funded HRSA AHEC Programs and nationally recognized Area Health Education Centers: Alabama Statewide Network Program Office, North Alabama AHEC (NAAHEC), East Central Alabama AHEC (ECAAHEC), Black Belt Alabama AHEC (BBAAHEC), Wiregrass Alabama AHEC (WAAHEC), Delta Alabama AHEC (DAAHEC).
