The West Central Alabama AHEC provides educational resources for health education programs and support to meet the needs of rising healthcare professionals in West Central Alabama who inspire to practice medicine in the rural underserved areas in West Alabama. Programs are designed to enhance clinical and non-clinical skills. West Central Alabama AHEC focuses on recruitment, placement, and retention activities to address community and state health care workforce needs. West Central Alabama AHEC provides information dissemination on healthcare issues and participates in collaborative community-based research.