Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center
NEWAHEC Connecting Students to Careers, Professionals to Communities, and Communities to Better Health




















Wisconsin AHEC Program Overview
The Wisconsin AHEC System works to improve the supply, distribution, diversity and quality of health care professionals in Wisconsin, thereby improving access to health care in the state's rural and urban underserved areas. Program areas include the following:
  • Enhancing the learning experience for all health professions students at community-based sites, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary programs, developing cultural competence, and technology support.
  • Supporting health careers recruitment programs in underserved rural and urban areas, to assist high school and college students from underrepresented populations prepare for entry into health professions schools.
  • Supporting faculty mentors and preceptors at community-based training sites with continuing education, technology support and other services to enhance the practice environment and maximize the ability of health professionals in underserved communities to provide high quality health care.
  • Partnering with local organizations in a variety of outreach activities to improve the health of the community.
Wisconsin AHEC Programming 2008-2011
The programming priorities for 2008-2011 were developed through a collaborative planning process with the Wisconsin AHEC System Board, the regional Boards and our community and academic partners. They represent the areas identified as most important in addressing state and national health and educational priorities. The Wisconsin AHEC System activities will focus on four main program areas during the next three years. A combination of state, institutional and other funding sources will support our core operations and ongoing programming as detailed in the consolidated budget statements.

The Wisconsin AHEC System has been most successful by using its limited resources to focus on innovative programs, leveraging the resources of our academic and community partners to address the AHEC mission. The programming objectives for 2008-2011 do not represent a major change in our focus. Rather, we have reviewed our activities to date, clearly identified our key program areas, and focused on objectives that reflect emerging health care needs. The four Wisconsin AHEC Centers and the statewide program office have developed proposals specifically to address these priorities.
2008 - 2011 Wisconsin AHEC Program Objectives
Program Area 1
Enhancing the learning experience for all health professions students at community-based sites, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary programs, developing cultural competence, and technology support.
Objectives for Program Area 1
  1. Expand service learning opportunities for allied health professions students, with a focus on nursing, dental hygiene, dental assistant, physical therapy assistant and occupational therapy assistant.
  2. Provide at least 5 interdisciplinary training experiences annually.
  3. Provide service learning opportunities focused on underserved populations, with a special emphasis on oral health, geriatric, and primary medical care access for uninsured/underserved populations.
Program Area 2
Supporting health careers recruitment programs, to assist high school and college students to prepare for entry into health professions schools and careers, with particular emphasis on under-represented populations and underserved areas.
Objectives for Program Area 2

NOTE: NEWAHEC is not soliciting proposals from this program area at this time. If you have a project in this program area for which you would like to partner with NEWAHEC, please contact NEWAHEC’s Executive Director.
  1. Provide intensive health careers programs (20+hours) to at least 180 middle and high school students annually.
  2. Provide health careers programs of less than 20 hours to 1,600 middle and high school students annually.
Program Area 3
Supporting health professionals, especially mentors and preceptors at community-based training sites, with continuing education, technology support and other services, thereby enhancing the practice environment and maximizing the ability of health professionals in underserved communities to provide high quality health care and excellent clinical supervision for students.
Objectives for Program Area 3

NOTE: NEWAHEC is not soliciting proposals from this program area at this time. If you have a project in this program area for which you would like to partner with NEWAHEC, please contact NEWAHEC’s Executive Director.
  1. Conduct 4 cultural competency continuing education programs annually.
Program Area 4
Partnering with local organizations for outreach activities to improve the health of the community.
Objectives for Program Area 4
  1. Provide service learning opportunities focused on underserved populations, with a special emphasis on oral health, geriatric, and primary medical care access for uninsured/underserved populations.

Northeastern WI Area Health Education Center
925 South 15th Street
Manitowoc, WI   54220
Phone: (920) 652-0238         Fax: (920) 652-0617