East Texas AHEC Orientation
THE NATIONAL AHEC PROGRAM
 
 

Cooperative agreement awardees (AHEC's) are expected to:

  • Form linkages between health care delivery systems and educational resources in underserved communities.

  • Create collaborative community-based education and training opportunities for health professionals, students and primary care resident physicians.

  • Increase the number of individuals from minority and underserved communities who enter health careers.

  • Create systems for learning and networking for information dissemination.

  • Support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary training in response to community needs.

  • Promote health, prevent disease and provide cost-efficient primary health care services.

  • Respond to emerging needs and priorities in health care.
 
 
 
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 East Texas AHEC is a program of the Office of Community Outreach, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1056