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New Mexico AHEC Scholars Program

Link
View program website
Sponsor
New Mexico Area Health Education Center
Deadlines
Jan 29, 2027
Contact

505.272.9761
NMAHECScholars@salud.unm.edu

Purpose

The New Mexico Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program is a multidisciplinary certificate program for 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 an 18-month 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
Eligibility

The program is designed specifically for health professions students who are strongly interested in providing care to those living in rural and medically underserved communities across New Mexico.

Eligible health professions students:

  • Counseling/psychology (graduate)
  • Dental
  • Medicine
  • Nursing (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Occupational therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical therapy
  • Physician assistant
  • Population/public health (graduate)
  • Rehabilitation services
  • Social work
Geographic coverage
New Mexico
Amount of funding

This program is provided at no cost to participating scholars. Benefits are described on the program website.

Application process

Links to additional guidance and the online application are available on the program website.

Funding type
Educational Opportunities and Fellowships
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Culture · Dental workforce · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · 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 · New Mexico

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