AHEC Scholars is a program for health professions students interested in supplementing their education by gaining additional knowledge and experience in rural and/or underserved urban settings. This is a longitudinal program with interdisciplinary curricula to implement a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based activities. All experiential or clinical training will be conducted in rural and/or underserved urban settings.
Program duration is two years and each year includes the following for a total of 160 hours:
40 hours community-based, experiential, or clinical training in rural and/or underserved area
40 hours didactic education (focused on six Core Topic Areas)
Core Topic Areas:
Students should have a current interest in rural or underserved healthcare and be currently enrolled in a health professions degree or certificate program and be two years from program or degree completion. This includes but is not limited to students in:
The Pacific Basin Experience allows second year medical students to live in one of the four US Affiliated Pacific Islands or on neighbor islands of Hawaiʻi for 4 weeks. You will gain cultural awareness and understanding as part of an inter-professional team in a rural setting. Travel expenses, housing, and shared car rental are all reimbursed.
The Hawaii Pacific Basin AHEC, Inc. Health Careers Opportunity Program is designed to utilize a wide network of partners, resources and past HCOP achievements to empower 850 economically or educationally disadvantaged students from the US Pacific Basin to enter the health workforce or be admitted to health professional schools. Scholarship awards of $2500!The Hawaii Pacific Basin AHEC, Inc. Health Careers Opportunity Program is designed to utilize a wide network of partners, resources and past HCOP achievements to empower 850 economically or educationally disadvantaged students from the US Pacific Basin to enter the health workforce or be admitted to health professional schools. Scholarship awards of $2500!
Targeted professions include: Medicine (other than nursing); Dental Assisting; Dental Hygiene; Healthcare Administration; Substance Abuse Counseling; Community Health Worker; Public Health; Emergency Medical Technology; Health Information Management; Massage Therapy; Medical Assisting; Medical Laboratory Technician; Long Term Care Coordination; Occupational Therapy Assisting; Pharmacy; Pharmacy Technology; Phlebotomy; Physical Therapy Assistant; Physician Assistant; Psychology; Radiologic Technology; Respiratory Care; Social Work; Surgical Technology; Optometry Assistant and all other health professions other than nursing (covered under other funding).
Completed Applications Must Include the following and can be sent to the Hawaii AHEC: ahec@hawaii.edu
Application form completed in full;
Application DEADLINE July 15th, 2024