To adequately prepare students to be great practitioners, it’s important that they not only receive great classroom instruction, but great clinical experience and instruction. AHEC Rotations provide health profession students a broad range of practice experiences in a supportive, professional community. These rotations take place in small cities or rural locations and in underserved communities all across the state of Kentucky. Students are assigned to preceptors/clinical instructors either by their program liaison or by the clinical education coordinator. The program addresses the advantages and challenges of providing health services to a rural community through a variety of experiences including interdisciplinary opportunities and community service.
To that end, students enrolled in one of the UK health professions programs may be required to complete one or more immersive community-based clinical experiences away from the University. These experiences range in duration, but must be at least three weeks in length. The AHEC program is committed to supporting these activities for UK students. Annually, the AHEC program helps support over roughly 1200 clinical rotations by providing support services and stipends to students. Support services include stipends for rent and mileage/travel costs incurred during the rotation. The AHEC program also supports these community-based clinical experience by providing information on housing options and the local area where the rotation is taking place.
Northeast AHEC
Jessica Caudill
Jessica.Caudill@st-claire.org
606-783-6469
Sue Russell
Sue.Russell@st-claire.org
606-783-6469
Southeast AHEC
Kathy Sampsell
ksampsell0001@kctcs.edu
606-487-0137
Southern AHEC
Sherry Spragens
sspragens@soahec.org
606-256-0950
Purchase AHEC
Janeen Winters
jwinters@murraystate.edu
270-809-4122
West AHEC
Martha Pleasant
martha.pleasant@bhsi.com
270-824-3502
South Central AHEC
Veronica Drake
veronica.drake@wku.edu
270-745-5971
Northwest AHEC
Kim Mapp
kmapp@fhclouisville.org
502-772-8184
North Central AHEC
Aime Rice
aime.rice@kctcs.edu
859-442-1192