Wanda H. Thomas, MD, FAAP Aileen Edwards Harris, MSA Program Director Executive Director LSU Health Shreveport AHEC Capital Area Health Education Center
The National AHEC Organization The National AHEC Organization represents a network of more than 300 AHEC program offices and centers that serve over 85% of United States counties. The NAO mission is to help its members achieve the AHEC mission through advocacy, education, and research. The AHEC mission is to enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventive care, by improving the supply and distribution of healthcare professionals via strategic partnerships with academic programs , communities, and professional organizations. AHEC Priorities – Diversity, Distribution, Practice Transformation
AHEC SCHOLARS Criteria: PROGRAM Must last for a minimum of two years and culminate in the completion of and/or graduation from a degree or certificate program HRSA is requiring Formal application process with defined eligibility AHEC to create and criteria implement a longitudinal program – New cohorts each academic year of the project period (per AHEC center) AHEC Scholars - which will include Interdisciplinary curriculum with discipline-specific points of entry, exit and objectives interdisciplinary curricula that Clinical, didactic, and community-based and team- implements a defined based training activities set of clinical, didactic, A minimum of 40*hours of didactic education outside and community-based of traditional curriculum training activities in A minimum of 40*hours of clinical education must rural and/or consist of participation in team-based training underserved areas for Placements in rural and/or underserved settings a cohort of health professions students. One year follow-up is required
AHEC SCHOLARS Minority Serving PROGRAM Institutions Effective partnerships are State- level important to Entities implementing, advancing, and Health Care Safety Net Sites sustaining the work of the AHEC Program Pipeline ne Prog ogram rams
Rural Scholars Program: A Model Pipeline Program Success at LSU Health Shreveport Program Office Eligibility Requirements: • Have a minimum ACT score of 22 and a college GPA of 3.0 or higher • Be a full-time student in a college or university Be from a hometown with a population 20,000 or less • Have been a past AHEC program participant in one of AHEC’s • youth enticement programs, including A-HEC of a Summer, Day with the Docs, M*A*S*H or the LSU Pre-Med Camp And have a demonstrated commitment to return to a rural family • medicine practice in Louisiana
Anticipated Benefits: • Tour of the University Health Shreveport campus Meet with faculty members and medical • students Learn medical school interview • techniques and explore the application process Review for the MCAT • Receive financial aid information • Be paired with faculty and student • mentors from University Health Shreveport, as well as community primary care physician mentors Be introduced to problem based • learning through patient care and learn the techniques of basic skills assessment, patient history, first-aid, and basic life support Gain knowledge about community • based care
AHEC Scholars Program – OPEN DIALOGUE What will sell this program to health profession schools and health profession students? What’s in it for the students? Will there be incentives?
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