South Carolina AHEC
Program Areas
Health Careers
Program
Provides support to high school and early college students on their paths to becoming healthcare professionals, building a future healthcare workforce that will reflect the diverse range of communities it serves in South Carolina.
Health Professions Student Program
Provides opportunities for students to work and learn in rural and underserved communities in South Carolina by gaining real-world experience in patient care settings. These experiences increase the likelihood students will choose to practice in communities in need of healthcare services.
Graduate Medical
Education
Supports high-quality family medicine residency training in the state. We work collaboratively with the family medicine residency programs to recruit and retain family physicians.
Recruitment & Retention Program
Provides financial incentive programs for clinicians who practice in rural and underserved communities to address the maldistribution of healthcare providers in South Carolina. SC AHEC has administered the state’s recruitment and retention programs through initiatives that have been ongoing and evolving for more than 40 years.
Continuing Professional Development
Identifies the educational needs of healthcare professionals and provides education programs designed to enhance clinical skills, address ongoing and emerging health trends, and help professionals maintain their licensure and certifications. Programs are delivered through traditional methods and innovative technologies.
SC Office for Healthcare Workforce
Studies issues that affect the balance of supply and demand for different types of healthcare professionals across South Carolina. SCOHW develops accurate, reliable information about the healthcare workforce in South Carolina and to make that information widely available to support planning and policy decisions.
South Carolina AHEC Programming Last Year
What We Do
We connect students and professionals with the tools, training and resources necessary to develop an effective healthcare workforce to provide quality healthcare, with a focus on primary care for rural and underserved communities. We provide education, recruitment, and retention programs to build and support the healthcare workforce South Carolina needs.
Learn More about SC AHECWhy It Matters
South Carolina AHEC supports all points along the health professions pathway to increase the diversity and broaden the distribution of the healthcare workforce, improve healthcare quality, and enhance delivery of healthcare to rural and underserved areas. Our programs:
- Connect students to health careers
- Connect healthcare professionals to the communities that need them
- Connect communities to better health through access to healthcare
- Connect South Carolina to better health overall
Our Regional Centers
- Lowcountry
AHEC - Walterboro
- (843) 782-5052
- Mid-Carolina
AHEC - Lancaster
- (803) 286-4121
- Pee Dee
AHEC - Florence
- (843) 777-5343
- Upstate
AHEC - Greenville
- (864) 349-1160