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AHEC Objectives
The following objectives place an emphasis on minority populations and rural and/or medically underserved settings:
To introduce health profession careers and offer opportunities for academic enhancement to students in grades 9-12.
To provide health professions students and residents in higher education with clinical experiences in community-based settings.
To promote the optimal use of the healthcare workforce and improve quality of care delivered through interprofessional collaboration.
To strengthen the existing healthcare workforce in rural and underserved areas and support the retention of community-based health professionals.
Are You Ready to be a Rural Community Health Scholar?
This program is available to 75 of WV’s top health professions students interested in practicing in rural or underserved communities; any health profession student at a WV institution of higher education with at least two years remaining in their degree program can participate.