Applications for the eighth cohort of the Michigan Area Health Education Scholars Program are now open to health professions students in the last two years of their programs with an interest in honing interprofessional skills and working in rural and medically-underserved communities across Michigan.

AHEC Scholars is a two-year program that requires 80 hours of effort per year. Forty hours will be spent completing clinical- and community-based training, and 40 hours will be spent participating in didactic training activities.

Types of health professions students in the AHEC Scholars program include medical, pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant, public health and social work.

Established by Wayne State University in 2010, Michigan AHEC seeks to improve community health and strengthen the state’s economy by recruiting, training and retaining a diverse workforce of health professionals in medically-underserved and health professional shortage areas throughout the state. Faculty and staff include leadership from the School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Science, as well as the College of Nursing, the School of Social Work and the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

The program is an advanced learning opportunity that prepares students to enter the health professions workforce by teaching supplemental skills that might otherwise be missing from normal academic curriculum.

The selective program allows students to network with other health professions students and learn how to provide care in an interdisciplinary environment while exploring current and emerging topics in health care.

Find out more, including the link to apply, at https://miahec.wayne.edu/healthcareers

For questions or concerns, contact AHECScholars@wayne.edu.