The Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program enhances access to high quality, culturally competent health care through academic-community partnerships to ultimately improve the distribution, diversity, and supply of the primary care health professions workforce who serve in rural and underserved health care delivery sites. The AHEC Program awardees subcontract with community-based AHEC centers in one or more regions of a state. Along with state and local partners, the AHEC programs and centers: (a) recruit and train students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds into health careers; (b) place health professions students in community-based clinical practice settings - with a focus on primary care; (c) promote inter-professional education and collaborative teams to improve quality of care; and (d) facilitate continuing education resources and programs for health professionals - particularly in rural and underserved areas. This feature service provides information on the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program. The layers can be directly viewed with ArcGIS Pro Software or through custom applications using the service REST endpoint.

The Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program enhances access to high quality, culturally competent health care through academic-community partnerships to ultimately improve the distribution, diversity, and supply of the primary care health professions workforce who serve in rural and underserved health care delivery sites. The AHEC Program awardees subcontract with community-based AHEC centers in one or more regions of a state. Along with state and local partners, the AHEC programs and centers: (a) recruit and train students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds into health careers; (b) place health professions students in community-based clinical practice settings - with a focus on primary care; (c) promote inter-professional education and collaborative teams to improve quality of care; and (d) facilitate continuing education resources and programs for health professionals - particularly in rural and underserved areas. This feature service provides information on the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program. The layers can be directly viewed with ArcGIS Pro Software or through custom applications using the service REST endpoint.