Partners in Promoting Primary Care Careers

Virginia Health Care Foundation

The Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF) is pleased to underwrite this edition of Virginia Health Careers. This reference guide is an important part of the Foundation’s effort to help Virginia “grow its own” primary health care professionals. VHCF promotes and funds public-private partnerships that increase access to primary care services for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians. For more information on grant guidelines, current projects throughout the commonwealth or other initiatives of the Foundation, contact:

• Virginia Health Care Foundation
  1001 E. Broad St., Suite 445
  Richmond, VA 23219
  (804) 828-5804
  www.vhcf.org

Virginia Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program

The mission of the Virginia AHEC Program is to promote health careers and access to primary care for medically undeserved populations through community-academic partnerships. The AHEC program:

• develops health careers recruitment programs for Virginia’s students, especially underrepresented and disadvantaged students;
• supports the community-based training of primary care health professions students, residents and other health professions students in Virginia’s undeserved communities;
• provides educational and practice support systems for the commonwealth’s primary care providers; and
• collaborates with health, education and human services organizations to achieve the shared goal of improved health and disease prevention for the citizens of the commonwealth.

• Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program
  1223 E. Marshall Street, 3rd Floor
  P.O. Box 980535
  Richmond, Virginia 23298-0535
  (804) 828-7639 fax (804) 828-5160
  www.ahec.vcu.edu
  Linda Bohanon,
  Program Director
  lbohanon@vcu.edu