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AHEC Scholars Program

AHEC Scholars is a program for health professions students interested in supplementing their education by gaining additional knowledge and experience in rural or underserved urban settings. This program emphasizes a hybrid interdisciplinary curriculum incorporating clinical, didactic, and community-based training. All experiential or clinical training occurs in rural or underserved urban settings. AHEC Scholars Program supports health professions students from various disciplines who originate or want to practice in underserved rural and urban areas.


Program Requirements

The program duration is two years. Each year, scholars must complete 40 hours of community-based experiential or clinical training in rural or underserved areas and 40 hours of focused didactic education in eight Core Topic Areas (see below). Clinical/experiential learning can be concurrently counted from your current health profession program of study if it meets specific requirements. Scholars must attend an orientation each year of participation and agree to a follow-up evaluation one year after exiting the program.

 

Eligibility

  • The program is open to students in disciplines supporting primary health care services delivery in clinical and non-clinical roles.
  • Applicable majors include but are not limited to physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses enrolled in a two-year training program, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, optometrists, public and allied health professionals, or other health professionals, as practicable.
  • The Scholars Program particularly interests students from underserved, underrepresented populations and disadvantaged backgrounds. To qualify for the Scholars program, applicants should be two years from completing their current health profession program of study.

 

Application Dates

Applications for 2025-2027 coming soon!

Graphical map showing the amount of student participants in the OSU AHEC Scholars Participants Program in different cities across Oklahoma. Data is described under the heading Participants Hometowns.

 

Participants Hometowns

The AHEC Scholars Program supports health professions students in many cities across Oklahoma. The list below displays the number of participants in each city as of February 1, 2024.

  1. Ada, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  2. Alva, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  3. Apache, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  4. Broken Bow, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  5. Cache, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  6. Comanche, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  7. Dacoma, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  8. Dover, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  9. Duncan, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  10. Durant, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  11. Elgin, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  12. Elk City, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  13. Enid, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  14. Fairland, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  15. Goltry, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  16. Gotebo, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  17. Hartshorne, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  18. Hennessey, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  19. Henryetta, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  20. Hulbert, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  21. Idabel, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  22. Indianola, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  23. Kiowa, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  24. Langston, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  25. Lawton, Oklahoma: 32 student participants
  26. Loveland, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  27. Mannsville, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  28. Marlow, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  29. McAlester, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  30. Medicine Park, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  31. Mill Creek, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  32. Mooreland, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  33. Muskogee, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  34. Norman, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  35. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  36. Pawnee, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  37. Quinton, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  38. Sallisaw, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  39. Shady Point, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  40. Spiro, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  41. Stigler, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  42. Stillwater, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  43. Stillwell, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  44. Stonewall, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  45. Stuart, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  46. Sulphur, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  47. Tahlequah, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  48. Tulsa, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  49. Wagoner, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  50. Weatherford, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  51. Welling, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  52. Wilburton, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  53. Wister, Oklahoma: 1 student participant
  54. Woodward, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants
  55. Yukon, Oklahoma: 1 to 7 student participants

 

Core Topic Areas

  • Behavioral Health Integration
  • Connecting Communities and Supporting Health Professionals
  • Cultural Competency
  • Current and Emerging Health Issues
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Practice Transformation
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Virtual Learning and Telehealth

 

Scholar Benefits

  • Practical experience delivering care from an interdisciplinary team-based approach that addresses health disparities in your communities
  • Participate in enhanced training experiences related to health care delivery impacting underserved communities
  • Potential for current clinical coursework to qualify as AHEC Scholars credit
  • AHEC Scholars curriculum can be completed at no cost and complements your existing coursework
  • Train on topics of leadership, communication, and critical thinking
  • Improved employability skills
  • Resume review
  • Resume building opportunities
  • Job interview preparation
  • Introduction to area health organizations
  • Receive an official AHEC Scholars certificate and letter of completion
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