Southwest Indiana Area Health Education Center - University of Southern Indiana

The Mission of Southwest Indiana AHEC

To improve health by recruiting, educating and retaining healthcare professionals in underserved communities.

Our Goals

We are Southwest Indiana AHEC!

Southwest Indiana Area Health Education Center is one of nine regional centers of the Indiana AHEC Network. We ignite an interest in health careers and train future professionals. We partner with the best. Come join us!

AHEC Scholars

The AHEC Scholars program is designed to give health professions students a deeper understanding of rural and urban healthcare, caring for underserved populations, and the importance of practice transformation in a clinical care setting.

Indiana SANE Training Project

The Indiana SANE Training Project provides advanced nursing educational opportunities, mentoring and support for Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to become trained, clinically competent and certified as Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners.

Clinical Collaborators

A vibrant rural healthcare system requires not only an ongoing commitment to education of current employees and the future healthcare workforce, but also to creating reciprocal partnerships across the region. We recognize the efforts of healthcare educators and providers that are helping achieve our mission of improving health for all.

Meet the Team

Education and Workforce

Pipeline Programs

Programming for Health Professionals

Photo Gallery

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U77HP23068 Area Health Education Centers Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement for a total of $1,446,948. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.