The KU Medical Center Area Health Education Center (AHEC) enhances the quality and accessibility of health care services in Kansas through partnerships with communities, health care professionals and organizations, educational institutions, and other interested individuals and agencies. The AHEC focuses on providing interprofessional education opportunities in rural Kansas. Additionally, the AHEC provides opportunities to introduce rural Kansas students to various health careers.
Our services include:
- Promotion of careers in the health care field
- Continuing education programming for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals
- Community education and health screenings
- Facilitating health research in the same communities confronting those issues
- Development and implementation of clinical opportunities for students in the health professions programs.
With three offices located across Kansas, the KU Medical Center Area Health Education Center works to ensure all Kansans enjoy these services, whether they live in the state's most rural communities or the largest metropolitan areas.
2023 Health Professional Needs Assessment
To gain an individual participant's perspective, survey is open to any health care professional.