Mission Statement

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Accomplishments

The mission of the Hawaii AHEC is to improve the health of the underserved through education. There are four main areas of concentration (represented in the Cycle of Aloha):

1. Educating and recruiting students to health professions from K-16 schools
2. Educating health professions students in the rural and underserved communities of Hawaii, often in multiprofessional teams
3. Recruiting health care professionals to rural and underserved areas and providing continuing education
4. Providing community based and community driven education for all underserved groups in Hawaii
   Important areas of concentration are improving video teleconferencing capabilities as well as telemedicine and telehealth utilization, and performing health and health workforce needs assessments.

Who does AHEC serve?

1. Kids/students thinking about careers in health sciences:
   • We can sponsor visits to your school to talk about health careers, or for you and other students to come to research laboratories and schools on Oahu.
   • You can apply to participate in health science career community programs on Kauai, Molokai, Maui, Oahu, and Big Island.
   • We can find you a science career mentor/research mentor/research project/volunteer experience.
   • We can help you apply for health graduate schools (writing personal statement and interviewing skills.
2. Health Professions students:
   • We can help you receive cultural competency training, training in rural areas, interdisciplinary training and distance learning connectedness.
   • We can help sponsor travel for rotations in rural areas.
   • We can help you find a job in rural or underserved areas after school.
3. Health Professionals:
   • We can help you take part in continuing education opportunities through distance learning modalities.
   • We can help you find jobs in rural and underserved areas.
   • We can help get you connected with health professions schools and provide opportunities to teach or mentor students.
4. Community Members:
   • We strive to provide health education via the web page, community learning centers and distance learning modalities.

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