About Us

The Northern Rhode Island Area Health Education Center has been in operation since April of 2006 with an organizational mission to “foster academic, training, and community collaborations that benefit the public by improving the supply and distribution of a high quality, culturally sensitive, interdisciplinary work force that transcends barriers and supplies people with the care they deserve.”

In fulfilling the mission set forth by the Rhode Island AHEC Network, Northern RI AHEC will focus on the following strategies in the Northern RI area:

• Support the community-based training of primary care health professions students and residents in health professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas, including multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary training
• Provide information dissemination, educational support and technical assistance to reduce professional isolation, increase retention and enhance the practice environment
• Act as a broker/convener for academic health professions training programs, state agencies and community-based organizations in their efforts to positively impact health outcomes