New University Of Alabama Partnership Benefits Alabama’s Rural High School Students

By Bryant WelbourneUniversity of Alabama

The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences announced a new partnership with Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers to extend educational and training opportunities to high school students in rural areas of Alabama.

“The partnership serves the mission of the college to continue to support the region in terms of leadership in medical education and scholarship through its assistance to our area partners,” said Dr. Richard Streiffer, dean of CCHS. “Area Health Education Centers have become established nationwide, and this is a historic role in which they have deep experience and success. We are pleased to help Alabama AHECs assume this role for the benefit of our state and its communities.”

For the past 25 years, the college’s rural programs have operated as a pipeline to prepare high school juniors and seniors for opportunities in health care after graduation and before they begin college.In recognition of the positive impact that AHECs have throughout the state, the college determined that the opportunities for high school students would be exponentially higher with the network currently in place, beyond medical school and including other health care professions. The organization will now assume the lead role for implementing year-round and after-school health profession education programs.

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