The Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC), located at Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center in Mt. Vernon, strives to improve health in our 15-county region by linking community and academic resources. To accomplish this, we:

Support students…
by contributing to the recruitment and
retention of health professionals in our area.

Support Practitioners…
by providing resources such as learning services
and continuing education in order to support health
professionals throughout our area.

Educate our youth…
by providing timely and continuing guidance and information on health careers at critical points in students’ academic development.

Increase health awareness…
by improving the health status of all Kentuckians through community health programs that address many of Kentucky’s most serious health problems.

We are administered through the University of Kentucky Center for Interprofessional Health and Community Education and hosted by Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Center, in Mt. Vernon, Ky.