Didactic Opportunities
AHEC Scholars complete 40 hours per year of structured, asynchronous online education through an approved learning management system.
Didactic content is designed to build foundational knowledge and practical skills that complement clinical training.
Core Didactic Topic Areas
- Behavioral Health Integration – Coordinating mental, emotional and physical health care within team-based models
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) – Understanding how social, economic and environmental factors influence health outcomes
- Interprofessional Practice – Collaborative, patient-centered care involving multiple health professions
- Practice Transformation – Quality improvement, workflow redesign, leadership and value-based care
- Emerging Health Issues – Current and evolving healthcare challenges impacting Indiana communities
- Cultural Competency & Health Equity – Addressing bias, diversity and equitable access to care
- Telehealth & Virtual Learning – Leveraging technology for expanded access to care
Required Online Canvas Modules
- Advancing AHEC Priorities Through Advocacy (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- American Red Cross Association: Water Safety for Parents and Caregivers Certification
- Alzheimer’s Association: Covid 19 & Care Giving
- Alzheimer’s Association: Effective Communication Strategies for Future Healthcare Workers (HIGHLY RECOMMENED)
- Black Men in White Coats Documentary (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- COOKED: Survival by Zip Code (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- Community Assessment
- Dental Hygienist
- Diabetes
- Diabetes in Special and Vulnerable Populations: A National Learning Series
- G. I. Health
- Housing is Health Care: Prevalence and Considerations across the Housing Spectrum
- How Racism Makes Us Sick
- International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Interview
- John Hopkins University COVID-19 Contact Tracing Certification
- Keeping Your Grand Babies Safe – Infant Home Safety
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor
- Living with Heart Disease
- Massage Therapist
- Mental Health Strategies to Cope During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Migrant Farmworkers in NWI (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- Mommy’s Haven
- National AHEC Organization: Discussion on Race(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- Opioid epidemic in NWI : On-Demand 5 part Video Series
- Introduction
- Physician Interview – Audio
- Physician Interview – Self-Care – Truth Rx
- Practice Transformation Interview(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- Part 1: 2021 Provider Health Treatment Fair – Starke County (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- Respiratory Therapist Interview
- Telemedicine Interview
- The Diagnosis and Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : Access Passcode: OX#bW+3L
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Emerging Infectious Diseases
- The Oral Health Impact: Tobacco, Marijuana, and Vaping in Patients in Public Housing
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
- The Road to Trauma-Informed Care in Primary Care
- Tobacco Cessation Champions Presentation
- Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Coordinator
- Trauma-Informed Care: ‘ACE’s Are Not Destiny’
- Treating Joint Pain
- Urology
- Wellness and the Mind/Body Connection
Didactic Submission Form
After your participation in a didactic activity, submit this form to receive credit toward your didactic hours. You can submit up to 10 didactic hours.