One of the goals of the Southern NH AHEC is to promote health careers to students and others, with an emphasis on minority and disadvantaged populations.
Initiatives to improve career and workforce development in the community include:
  • Summer Camps 
  • Health Careers Catalog
  • CHW Trainings
  • Interpreter Services 
  • Nurse Practitioner Fellowship

Health Careers

Health Career Quest was a BRING IT!!! & SNHAHEC program that focused on health care exploration. Students had the opportunity to learn about Doctor of Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Pharmacy, Paramedic, Medical Assistant, Sports Medicine, Nutritionist, AND Much MORE!
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For more information, visit the Health Career Quest page.
​SNHAHEC offers health career exploration summer camps. These career exploration camps offers students’ hands on opportunity to learn skills that will help them be successful in their health careers.
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​For more information, visit the Summer Camps page.
The Health Careers Catalog features information about medical, dental, community health, and public health careers, including career description, typical salary ranges, and training programs in New Hampshire.

NH AHEC's Community Placement Project Report

This report highlights the challenges between needing to increase the healthcare workforce and the limited availability of placement sites for health professional students, specifically in NH.
The New Hampshire Area Health Education Centers conducted interviews with both placement sites and academic institutions to help generate recommendations to resolve issues with the placement system in NH.
​The findings of these interviews are also included in this report.

Community Health Worker (CHWs) Training

As a nation and a state, we are struggling to address the transformation of the health care system as we move to a model of team based care.  One strategy that other states have used to engage communities and assist with navigating services is to promote the Community Health Worker (CHW) model. 
Train to become a CHW in New Hampshire and incorporate your new knowledge into team based care opportunities offered in hospitals, medical practices, community health centers and social service settings. SNHAHEC offers a 56-hour training for CHWs. We also offer periodic professional development for CHWs.
To learn more about our CHW Training, visit the CHW Training Page.

Interpretation Training

Interpreters act as the voice between people who do not speak the same language.
To learn more about legal and medical/community interpretation, visit the Interpretation Training Page.

NH Needs Caregivers! Training Initiative

The NH Needs Caregivers! Initiative – run through the Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center – is a grant-funded effort to encourage and help individuals start a healthcare career as a nursing assistant.
​ The initiative will help enroll you in training, cover licensing preparation and costs and provide a $500 bonus after six months of employment with one of our participating facilities.

Lamprey Health Care's Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program

The Lamprey Health Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program is an extra training program for new nurse practitioners. In a fellowship program, Nurse Practitioners receive additional training and experience through a formal mentoring program.
To learn more, visit the NP Fellowship page.