Educating Arizona’s Health Professions Workforce
The Arizona AHEC Program is comprised of five strategically located regional centers and an administering home central office based at The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Each regional center collaborates with the University of Arizona Health Science Center Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health, healthcare agencies, K-12 and other postsecondary institutions, and community organizations to coordinate and support activities that target workforce development to meet the needs of Arizona´s medically underserved rural and urban populations.
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Annual Report 2011
Program Office 11/18/2011The 2011 Arizona AHEC annual report is available and provides snapshots of how our academic-community partnerships enhance health professions workforce development and improve health disparities among Arizona's rural and urban underserved residents.
Arizona Primary Care Residency Training Assessment and Development Project
Program Office 08/22/2011Arizona has a physician shortage. The state ranks 35th in the country with 218.3 physicians per 100,000 population compared to the national average of 255.8/100,000. In Arizona there are 14,398 active allopathic physicians and 1,615 active osteopathic physicians. To arrive at the national average we would need an additional 2,475 physicians (a 15% increase over the current number).
Arizona Workforce Study Report
Program Office 04/29/2011The Arizona Workforce Study report was submitted to the Arizona AHEC this month. This document was produced by the Arizona Rural Health Office (RHO), The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and funded by the Arizona Area Health Education Centers Program (AzAHEC). A copy of the report is available for download by clicking the link below this post.