Three centers - in Garden City, Hays and Pittsburg - offer programs, continuing education and services to medical, nursing and allied health students as well as to rural providers in their part of the state.

What began with a single connection to a community in western Kansas has grown to more than 40 sites across the state. With more than 10,000 clinical consultations conducted across 200 specialties over the last decade, the center one of the most active telemedicine programs in the world.

Programs include: Kansas Bridging Plan, offering loan-forgiveness for resident physicians; Kansas Recruitment Center, a health-care career service; Kansas Locum Tenens, providing temporary coverage for rural physicians; Kansas Career Opportunities, a rural health-care career fair; and Kansas Connections, a quarterly newsletter.

Conducts classes in a variety of convenient locations as well as online through the Virtual Classroom where courses, supplemental material and study aids for the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy as well as Continuing Education can be found.

KU’s Outreach Aircraft provides physicians, faculty and other medical center personnel with opportunities for collaboration on projects to better serve Kansans.

KU Health and Technology Outreach is involved in a number of special programs that provide current and future health care professionals with many opportunities for growth in their respective fields.