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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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).
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