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North Dakota AHEC Scholars Program

Link
View Program Website
Sponsor
North Dakota Area Health Education Center
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Contact

701.788.4795
alex.steen@mayvillestate.edu

701.788.5231
brandy.madrigal@mayvillestate.edu

Purpose

The North Dakota AHEC Scholars Program 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 in addition to the regular coursework required by the degree program. A one-year option is available for certain health professions students in programs that are less than two years in length.

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
  • Connecting communities and supporting health professionals
  • Virtual learning and telehealth
  • Social determinants of health
  • Cultural competency
  • Practice transformation
  • Current and emerging health issues
Eligibility

Students should have a current interest in rural or underserved healthcare, be currently enrolled in a health professions degree or certificate program, and be 2 years from program or degree completion.

This includes, but is not limited to, students in programs for:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Pharmacy
  • Nurse practitioner
  • Nursing
  • Physician assistant
  • Social work
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Public and population health
Geographic coverage
North Dakota
Amount of funding

This program is provided at no cost to participating scholars. Participants are eligible to receive a total of $1,000 in stipends over 2 years.

Application process

A link to the online application is available on the program website.

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Culture and cultural competency · Dental workforce · Health occupations · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Networking and collaboration · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Nurses · Occupational therapy · Oral health · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Pharmacy workforce · Physical therapy · Physician assistants · Physicians · Population health · Public health · Social determinants of health · Telehealth · North Dakota

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