Our Mission

Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC), strives to improve health in our 15-county service region by linking community and academic resources.

CE Learning Center

Visit the CE Learning Center to find credit courses for healthcare professionals.
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Health Careers 

Educating middle and high school students on healthcare pathways.
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Clinical Education

Bringing health profession students and graduates back to rural medically underserved Kentucky.
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FEATURED PROGRAMS

AHEC Scholars

AHEC Scholars is a program for health professions students interested in supplementing their education by gaining additional knowledge and experience in rural and/or underserved urban settings.

This is a two-year longitudinal program with interdisciplinary curricula to implement a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based activities.

Applicants must:

Be enrolled in a health professions degree programBe two years from program or degree completionCommit to two years in the program and a one-time program follow-up

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Future Docs

Preparing Southern AHEC's next generation of physicians. 

Targeting students from Berea College, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, Union College, and University of the Cumberlands, FutureDocs provides information, resources and networking to help raise MCAT scores and strengthen medical school applications.

Financial Support for MCAT preparation course, Personal essay help, Application Advice and much more!

To apply students must:

Be a college junior or senior pursuing an MD or DO.

Be prepared to take MCAT.

Be a Kentucky resident.

Have a 3.5 cumulative GPA in Biology, chemistry, physics and math

Fee is $400.00 (will go toward the cost of the Princeton Review).

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HOT Expo

Who is the target?
High school freshman, sophomores & juniors with an interest in health care within Southern AHEC’s 15 County Service Region.

How does it work?
Each high school has an hour in the exhibit hall to discuss health career paths and participate in hands-on medical activities, discuss financial aid, meet the healthcare
practitioners, college health professional students, and instructors.

How long does it last?
Exhibitor set-up begins at 8 am, the first set of students will arrive at 9 am., the last group is scheduled to be out by 12 noon. There are 4-time slots for the high schools.

Pre-registration is required


Register Here!