Mission Statement

AHEC's mission is to promote health careers and access to primary care for medically underserved populations through community-academic partnerships. This mission is accomplished through four major areas.

• Developing health careers recruitment for Virginia's students, especially underrepresented and disadvantaged students;
• Supporting the community-based training of primary care health professions students, residents and other health professions students in Virginia's underserved communities;
• Providing educational and practice support systems for the Commonwealth's primary care providers; and
• Collaborating with health, education, and human service organizations to achieve the shared goal of improved health and disease prevention for the citizens of the Commonwealth.