WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program – Apply Now
Application & More Information
Applications are now open for the interprofessional elective WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program. There is not a specific deadline, but spaces are open until filled. This program is designed for students who will be a graduate student through the next two years, so good for DAY 1 and EDP 1 and 2 students.
Watch the video! Video Link: https://youtu.be/FqsHsra3bms
Visit the website: https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/wwami-ahec-scholars-program/
What is it?
- An interdisciplinary educational and training program focusing on increasing the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce that specializes in rural and underserved areas.
- It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in these areas.
- It especially seeks to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial/ethnic groups that are inadequately represented in health care (but that is not a stipulation for acceptance).
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students as having special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.
What is the structure?
- This is a two-year inter-professional program in which you would learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.
- You can take the courses for UW elective credit if you are a UW student or no credit/no cost.
- If you complete the program, you would will receive a certificate of completion.
Who can apply?
- You can apply if you are in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree. (The long list of accepted disciplines is in the application.)
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- Last year in Seattle, the program had students from UW Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics , PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr, Doctorate of Nursing students from Seattle University and and Shoreline Community College Nursing joined also.
- This past year, 100 students across Washington and Idaho were enrolled in the program.
For more information contact:
Stacey L. Morrison, MLIS, MA
Associate Director, WWAMI AHEC Program Office
uwahec@uw.edu
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