Applications are open on a rolling basis for AHEC Scholars, a free, two-year certificate program designed for health professions students who are passionate about serving under-resourced and rural patients in their future careers.
Website: ahecwa.org
Questions: Leonora Clarke, clarkel@uw.edu
Eligibility
- Medical students are eligible to apply.
Schedule
- Year One:
- Fall – New Cohort begins
- Winter – Weekly series of 8 interprofessional evening Zoom classes. There are multiple scheduling options.
- 40 hours per year of fieldwork at rural or underserved sites in a clinical environment (your primary program rotations or employment site can meet this requirement!)
- Year Two:
- Fall – Weekly series of 8 interprofessional evening Zoom classes. There are multiple scheduling options.
- 40 hours per year of fieldwork at rural or underserved sites in a clinical environment (your primary program rotations or employment site can meet this requirement!
*Each year, UW students can sign up for one (1) elective credit if they choose.
8 Core-Learning Topics
- Interprofessional education, behavioral health integration, social determinants of health, cultural humility training, practice transformation, current and emerging health issues, community health work, telehealth
Who you will be learning with
- Last year in Seattle, the program had students from Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics, PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr, and more. 130+ students across Washington were enrolled.
APPLICATION: Link to AHEC Scholars Application