
AHEC Scholars
- Overview
Overview
Apply today for our next cohort of AHEC Scholars!
Chicago AHEC Scholars is part of a national program designed to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities facing today’s health professions – and to ensure that they are effectively contributing as up-and-coming health professionals. AHEC Scholars make meaningful connections that can lead to and strengthen future employment. They network with students from a variety of health fields and meet local employers and learn about career opportunities in the area.
AHEC Scholars take part in a variety of opportunities:
- Job shadowing
- Career coaching
- Virtual networking
- One summer institute per year
- Immersion experiences in underserved communities
- Participation in a community service-learning project
Virtual options are available for all program components.
Requirements:
- Applicants must be third or fourth year undergraduates or graduate students enrolled in a health career program. AHEC Scholars is also open to associate degree students in selected health career programs.
- Applicants must be available to begin this program at the start of April 2023.
- Applicants must be able to make a two-year commitment.
- Applicants must have access to a computer and a reliable internet connection.
- All Chicago area students who meet the requirements will be considered.
Each year of the AHEC Scholars program includes 40 hours of community-based, experiential, or clinical training in an underserved area and 40 hours of didactic education focused on the program’s core topics:
- Interprofessional Education
- Behavioral Health Integration
- Social Determinants of Health
- Cultural Competency
- Practice Transformation
- An emerging issue important to the local area
AHEC Scholars who successfully complete the required activities will receive a $250 award in each year and a certificate of completion at the end of the second year.