SW Oklahoma AHEC

Promise for Today - Hope for Tomorrow

The Promise

• Today, we encourage youth to pursue careers in healthcare;
• We develop opportunities and arrange placements for future health professionals to receive clinical training in underserved communities;
• We create community-based health professional training opportunities and public health programs;
• We support the retention of healthcare providers;
• We provide training for first-responders for biohazardous emergencies

Our Hope

• In the future, today's youth will choose a health career;
• Rural Oklahomans will not wonder where to get health care;
• There will be enough health care providers for the need;
• Care givers will be trained, motivated and excited to serve;
• Minorities will be represented in all healthcare professions;
• Our local health professionals will be prepared in the event of a biohazardous emergency