West Texas Area Health Education Center

West Texas Area Health Education Center The West Texas AHEC serves 108 county regions in the western half of Texas.

The mission of the West Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is to address the health care provider shortage and improve health care access in West Texas through education and development of the health care workforce. The purpose of the AHEC Program is to develop and enhance education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn,

these networks support the Bureau of Health Workforce’s (BHW) strategic priorities to increase diversity among health professionals, broaden the distribution of the health workforce, enhance health care quality, and improve health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations. The AHEC Program supports the following three (3) overarching goals:

Diversity: Preparing a diverse, culturally competent primary care workforce representative of the communities we serve;

Distribution: Improving workforce distribution throughout the nation, particularly among rural and underserved areas and populations;

Practice Transformation: Developing and maintaining a health care workforce that is prepared to deliver high quality care in a transforming health care delivery system with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas and communities. The service area has been divided into five AHEC regions covering the South Plains, Panhandle, West Central Texas, Permian Basin and far West Texas. Program services are carried out at the local and regional level through Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), which are hosted by local community organizations in partnership with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. One of the key components of Area Health Education Centers is that they are community-based to better meet the local health care education and health professional support needs.

Burton Southern Clinic open house today in Burton, TX.
04/29/2026

Burton Southern Clinic open house today in Burton, TX.

Getting ready for the grand opening of the Burton Southern Clinic in Burton, TX.
04/28/2026

Getting ready for the grand opening of the Burton Southern Clinic in Burton, TX.

In Garden City? Want to learn about rural health? Come visit some of our team at the Glasscock County Color run, blood d...
04/10/2026

In Garden City? Want to learn about rural health? Come visit some of our team at the Glasscock County Color run, blood drive, health fair and market today from 11:00 to 3:00 at Bearkat Stadium.
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Part of the Rural Affairs team attended the Texas A&M Rural Practitioners of Texas Conference and pose with TTUHSC medic...
03/31/2026

Part of the Rural Affairs team attended the Texas A&M Rural Practitioners of Texas Conference and pose with TTUHSC medical students that presented their poster "Frontera De Salud: A Student-Led Mobile Preventative Health Model in Rural and Border West Texas".

The West Central Texas Regional Healthcare Leadership and Workforce Readiness Summit will be March 20-21 at the Hendrick...
02/26/2026

The West Central Texas Regional Healthcare Leadership and Workforce Readiness Summit will be March 20-21 at the Hendrick Service Center Mall of Abilene.
https://ow.ly/273p50YmH7o

Register now for the 2026 Harlan Steph Conference!
02/24/2026

Register now for the 2026 Harlan Steph Conference!

Regional Health Leadership and Workforce Summit—Abilene, TX.Interested in impacting the rural workforce as a nursing lea...
02/13/2026

Regional Health Leadership and Workforce Summit—Abilene, TX.
Interested in impacting the rural workforce as a nursing leader? A great opportunity to network with other rural nurses and champions of rural care in the Big Country area. CEs are provided.

A great opportunity for your high school students to prepare for future healthcare job readiness and walk away with a fo...
02/13/2026

A great opportunity for your high school students to prepare for future healthcare job readiness and walk away with a foundational telemedicine skillset! Participating students will be provided a certificate for completing a Telemedicine course during this event that could be utilized for a future resume’ or interview process.

📣 Registration Now Open: TexLa Digital Health SummitJuly 30–31, 2026 | Lost Pines, TexasJoin healthcare leaders and inno...
02/12/2026

📣 Registration Now Open: TexLa Digital Health Summit
July 30–31, 2026 | Lost Pines, Texas

Join healthcare leaders and innovators from across Texas and Louisiana to explore the future of telehealth and digital health in rural communities.

Register here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0053f325537d4e359c2dfd974148b651

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3601 4th Street
Lubbock, TX
79430

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
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