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AHEC Scholars is a program for health professions students interesting in supplementing their education by gaining additional knowledge and experience in rural and/or underserved urban settings. This is a longitudinal program with interdisciplinary curricula to implement a defined set of clinical, didactic, and community-based activities. Click on the banner for more information. -
The latest in a series of “One Health” meetings in South Dakota, this session will examine important disease issues in people that could arise from their contact with farm animals in settings such as farm visits, petting zoos, and other public animal events. Interested audiences: livestock producers, veterinarians, human health professionals, healthcare workers, health and animal educators, medical and veterinary science students, regulatory officials, public health professionals, among many others. -
Northeast South Dakota AHEC, in coordination with the Black Hills VA Health Care System, is pleased to announce the 2018 Improving Veterans Care Conference to be held in Rapid City on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. This one-day conference will be held from approximately 8:30am-4:00pm at the Black Hills State University Center in Rapid City. This year’s topics include Military Sexual Trauma, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Addiction. This conference is of interest to clinicians involved in the care and support of veterans/service members and/or their families. It is recommended for Psychologists, Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists, Social Workers, Addiction & Prevention Professionals, clinicians, educators, policy makers, law enforcement, and others. -
Education is the key to getting students started on a career goal. Educators play a key role, whether inside or outside the classroom, in providing instructional tools, activities and information for the students and their parents. -
Our goal for this program is cultivate an awareness of health careers to address impending rural workforce shortages. -
NESD AHEC wants to provide accredited continuing education and professional support to health care professionals practicing in rural and underserved environments.
Connecting students to careers, professionals to communities and communities to better health.
Welcome to the Northeastern South Dakota (AHEC), your roadmap to becoming a healthcare professional! The NESD AHEC works to improve the supply and distribution of healthcare professionals in South Dakota. Among our goals is to increase minority representation in healthcare professions to reflect the population of our state. NESD AHEC provides educational support -- from elementary and high school, throughout college and into professional practice. We work to educate, recruit and sustain a diverse group of professionals practicing in communities where healthcare needs are greatest.