The Vermont AHEC Network
“Connecting Student to Careers, Professionals to Communities, and Communities to Better Health.”
VT AHEC is a statewide network of academic and community partners (UVM Larner College of Medicine AHEC Program in Burlington, Northern VT AHEC in St. Johnsbury, and Southern VT AHEC in Springfield) working together to increase the supply, geographic distribution, and education of Vermont’s health workforce.
VT AHEC works across the health workforce pipeline from middle school students to practicing health professionals. This work includes:
- health careers awareness, exploration, and preparation programs for youth
- support for medical student clinical rotations
- mentoring community-based projects for students
- opportunities for health professions students to increase knowledge, strengthen leadership skills, and gain competencies (e.g., AHEC Scholars)
- workforce recruitment and retention initiatives (e.g., incentive scholarships, educational loan repayment programs, physician recruitment and placement services)
- continuing education and quality improvement initiatives for health professionals
In July 2023 to June 2024, VT AHEC
- provided continuing education to 2,785 health professionals
- generated more than 5,595 middle school, high school, and undergraduate student connections
- supported 70 primary care Family Medicine medical student clinical rotations
- engaged 325 medical students in the AHEC Scholars Program
- worked with 154 primary care practice sites in the state, many of which precepted UVM medical students
- facilitated 8 new physician placements into the Vermont workforce
- processed 465 applications to the Vermont Educational Loan Repayment Program for Healthcare Professionals and disbursed $2,360,900 to reduce educational debt in exchange for service contracts in VT
For more information about services available in your community, visit: the Southern Vermont AHEC at svtahec.org; the Northern Vermont AHEC at nvtahec.org; or the UVM AHEC Program at vtahec.org.
