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This year Maine AHEC Network partnered again with MCD Global to enroll Community Health Workers into the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, the new cohort of Scholars participated in a Community Engagement Expo where they learned about the healthcare landscape in Maine and heard directly from local community organizations addressing healthcare needs in the state of Maine. Representatives from Portland Public Health, Greater Portland Health, and the Maine Mobile Health Program delivered presentations to the group, discussing the services and resources they provide to their communities. Scholars were also able to take a tour of the Maine Mobile Health clinic, an \u201cFQHC on wheels\u201d that travels to different areas of the state to provide healthcare to communities who experience access challenges. Scholars also participated in interprofessional activities, facilitated by UNE\u2019s Center for Advancing Interprofessional Education and Practice (CAIEP), to learn about interprofessional collaboration and team work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars1-1024x551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars1-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars1-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars1.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 8th Cohort of AHEC Scholars at orientation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars2-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/maineahec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/Feb-2026-MM-Scholars2-768x814.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scholars participating in an interprofessional activity at the Community Engagement Expo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September of this year, Maine AHEC welcomed 49 new participants into the AHEC Scholars program, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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