Goals and Strategies of NM AHEC

Goals

• Increase the ethnic diversity of healthcare professionals in New Mexico
• Encourage professional practice in under served communities
• Encourage students to explore careers in healthcare and provide them with health career information
• Provide support for health professions students to gain clinical and life experiences in rural New Mexico
• Provide continuing education to health professions residents and practitioners in order to improve the quality of healthcare services to New Mexicans

Strategies

• Capture and maintain interest about health professions careers (especially among students from minority, rural, and disadvantaged backgrounds)
• Support clinical rotations for students from various health professional training programs in rural and undeserved communities throughout the state
• Establish and maintain collaboration with colleges, universities, and a wide variety of clinical training sites
• Prepare health professionals and other health providers (such as promotoras) to provide culturally sensitive and regionally appropriate, quality health care in New Mexican communities
• Offer continuing education for health professionals on a variety of regionally relevant topics
• Collaborate with the NM Department of Health as well as other private organizations and foundations