CLINICAL TRAINING
Between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, the Connecticut AHEC Network supported health professions students in 480 interprofessional clinical rotations in primarily underserved or rural communities. In total, students were placed in 619 rotations.
HEALTH CAREERS RECRUITMENT
Between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, 4,343 students in grades K-16 and health profession student and adult programs participated in an AHEC-sponsored program, including 523 students who took part in 14 or more hours of programming. Recruiting under-represented minority students into the health careers is a focus area of the Connecticut AHEC Network.
Between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, 5,979 web learners used Connecticut AHEC's Health Occupations and Technology (H.O.T.) Guide or Community Health Workers resource site or downloaded an Urban Service Talk podcast. The H.O.T. Guide, a resource for middle and high school students, academic and career counselors, teachers, school-to-career coordinators and adult learners, is a comprehensive guide to the health and biotechnology careers for which there is an educational program offered in Connecticut.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Connecticut AHEC continuing education programs are provided in collaboration with a wide variety of internal and external partners. Between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, the AHEC Program sponsored or co-sponsored 30 continuing education offerings totaling 107 sessions with a total of 802 participants attending. Topics included:
- Community Health Worker Training
- Health Equity and Disparities
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Healthy Home/Lead Poisoning Prevention
- Nursing Preceptor Academy
- Primary Care
- Public Health
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Team-based Training
- Trauma
- Veteran Suicide/Depression Risk
CONSUMER EDUCATION
Between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, Connecticut AHEC provided health education to 5,979 community members on topics including behavioral/mental health, diabetes, emergency preparedness, hypertension, immunization, men's health, nutrition, oral health, senior health, STI awareness, stress, substance use prevention, summer precautions (heat, sun), tick and mosquito prevention, TBI, and more.