Founded in 2001, the Indiana AHEC program is coordinated by the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine. A statewide Advisory Board of more than 40 health care and health professions stakeholders guides program development. Seven AHECs have been established in communities around Indiana. Each regional AHEC is guided by a community advisory board. With more than 50 Indiana counties being underserved, AHEC is proactive in its efforts to address and establish rural medical education programs to meet current and future needs in these communities. Indiana’s regional AHECs accomplish their goals through several types of activities: