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Utah AHEC Scholars Program

Link
View Program Website
Sponsor
Utah Area Health Education Centers
Deadlines
Feb 28, 2025
Contact

Tatiana Allen-Webb
801.581.6368
Tatiana.Allen@hsc.utah.edu

Purpose

The Utah AHEC Scholars Program is a multidisciplinary certificate program for certain health professions students that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in underserved rural and urban communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

This program requires a 2 year commitment and consists of classroom or online instruction and hands-on clinical training 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
  • Connecting communities and supporting health professionals
  • Virtual learning and telehealth
Eligibility

Majors for AHEC Scholars include, but are not limited to:

  • Medicine
  • Physician assistant
  • Public health
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational therapy
  • Physical therapy
  • Psychology
  • Nursing
  • Dental hygiene
  • Pharmacy
  • Social work
  • Emergency medical technician
Geographic coverage
Utah
Amount of funding

This program is provided at no cost to participating scholars.

Application process

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

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Culture and cultural competency · Dental workforce · Health workforce · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Nurses · Occupational therapy · Pharmacy workforce · Physician assistants · Physicians · Public health · Social determinants of health · Telehealth · Utah

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