Health Professions Students and Residents

Southern Minnesota AHEC welcomes health professions students and residents with these exciting opportunities:

• Disciplinary Clinical Rotations of between one week and nine months for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, clinical laboratory science, physical therapy, occupational therapy and public health.
• A nine-month, community-based educational experience in rural Minnesota primary care for third-year medical students, offered through the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) .

         >Read about an April 2008 RPAP occupational health visit here.

• Rotations for dental and dental hygiene students at the Rice Regional Dental Clinic,which provides dental services to uninsured and underserved local residents. Southern MN AHEC also arranges community service activities for dental and dental hygiene students while they are training at the Rice Regional Dental Clinic.
• The Pharmacy Residency Program establishes a residency for a recently graduated pharmacist. AHEC participates in the program by promoting pharmacy careers to area youth.
• Interprofessional education activities.
• Student-organized community service projects.

Information for Southern MNAHEC:

Health Careers Exploration for Students

K-12 Teachers

Health Professions Students and Residents

Health Professionals

Community Members

Community Profiles

Staff

Board of Directors

Key Partners

Health Analysis

Contact

Kathleen Huntley
Executive Director
320-231-4375

Wendy Foley
Health Careers Specialist
320-231-4376

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Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professions cooperative agreement # 1U76-HP00599-01 funded through Title VII of the Public Health Service Act.