Alabama AHEC Scholars Program
Kala Dixon
kaladixon@uabmc.edu
Alabama AHEC Scholars is a multidisciplinary certificate program for certain health professions students that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.
This program requires a 2 year commitment and consists of 40 hours of classroom or online instruction and 40 hours of hands-on clinical training each year in addition to the regular coursework required by the degree program.
AHEC Scholars is a program of the National AHEC Organization that is implemented by local, statewide, and regional AHECs. Core topic areas covered in the curriculum include:
- Interprofessional education
- Behavioral health integration
- Social determinants of health
- Cultural competency
- Practice transformation
- Current and emerging health issues
Alabama AHEC Scholars must:
- Have interest in serving in an underserved/rural setting
- Be enrolled in an Alabama college-level health professions training program of at least 2 years in length
- Have reliable transportation
- Have reliable access to Wi-Fi
- Be eligible to work in the United States
Health profession programs include, but are not limited to:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Clinical psychology
- Nurse midwifery
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician assistant
- Pharmacy
- Optometry
This program is provided at no cost to participating scholars. Other benefits are described on each regional program website including a $500 stipend.
A link to the online application is available on the program website.
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