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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. -
Between now and 2020, it’s projected there will be a need for a 17% increase in healthcare workers in South Dakota? That’s a lot of jobs! -
South Dakota One Health. Working together to improve human and animal health. -
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.