CLINICAL TRAINING
Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the Connecticut AHEC Network supported health professions students in 672 clinical rotations serving medically underserved communities or vulnerable populations. In total, students were placed in 793 rotations.
HEALTH CAREERS RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, 2,915 learners in grades K-16 and health profession student and adult programs participated in an AHEC-sponsored program, including over 330 students who took part in 15 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, 2025 and June 30, 2026, 3,872 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 Talks 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, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the AHEC Program sponsored or co-sponsored 32 continuing education offerings totaling 99 sessions with a total of 732 participants attending. Topics included:
- Addressing Housing and Heating Instability
- Adult First Aid/CPR/AED
- Community Health Worker Training
- Food as Medicine
- Immunization
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Interprofessionality
- Primary Care
CONSUMER EDUCATION
Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, Connecticut AHEC provided health education to 8,434 community members on topics including behavioral/mental health, diabetes, hypertension, immunization, nutrition, oral health, senior health, substance use prevention, summer precautions (heat, sun), tick and mosquito prevention, and others. In addition, this includes patient encounters focused on primary care and prevention at free, community-based clinics and health fairs.