Our Goals
The GOAL of the HPB AHEC is facilitate access to an abundant supply of knowledgeable and culturally competent providers through training and recruitment partnerships that will improve the diversity, distribution and quality of the health professions workforce.
SUPPORTING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AHECs provide accredited, high quality continuing education offerings and professional support to meet the needs of health care professionals, especially those practicing in underserved areas. These programs are designed to enhance clinical skills and help maintain professional certifications. Programs also focus on recruitment, placement and retention activities to address community and state health care workforce needs.
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Current Projects
The following are grants and contracts revived by the Hawaiʻi/Pacific Basin AHEC for assessing and developing the local health workforce pipeline. |
Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
A National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award that provides $1,250,000 over five years for AHEC to work with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education, American Samoa, Palau and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, researchers, educators and the local science center (Bishop Museum) to create an inquiry based middle school science curriculum that will incorporate hands-on activities, electronic and face to face researcher field trips to classes and career awareness.
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HMSA / AHEC Statewide 'Rural Health Careers Pathway'
A grant from Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association (HMSA),the local Blue Cross/Blue Shield provider, to support expansion of local health careers pipeline programs, collaboration and intra-island activities.
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Hawaiʻi Health Workforce Assessment
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has contracted with AHEC to perform a statewide assessment of the physician workforce. This will include compiling all public sources of information with the American Medical Association Masterfile and licensure data to quantify the supply of physicians, utilizing focus groups and claims data to estimate need for services, and develop a plan for developing efforts to meet the unmet workforce needs, particularly in the rural and underserved areas of the State.
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