UK Fund for the Promotion of Interprofessional Health Education
The Center for Interprofessional Health Education (CIHE) joined forces with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to establish the Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education (CICHE), in a true community-campus collaboration to strengthen the development and distribution of an effective, diverse and collaborative health workforce for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. Through UK AHEC, CICHE is engaged in a collaborative effort with the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville Health Science Center and eight regional centers to positively affect the distribution of health professionals throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Center is dedicated to providing leadership and sustaining the infrastructure that enables our students to acquire the critical competencies of interprofessional team-based care. CICHE works for the explicit purpose of promoting teamwork and excellence in patient- and community-centered care through interprofessional education, research and practice.