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Health Careers
THE GOAL
of the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center is to increase
access to primary care services in rural underserved areas in southwest
Georgia through the recruitment, training, and retention of health
professionals.
The AHEC is an educational
program for the health professions with specific objectives to:
- Recruit students from underserved, remote communities into
medicine, nursing, allied health, and other health professions.
- Train students in health care professions in community-based sites
and expose them to the needs, challenges, and career opportunities in
medically underserved areas.
- Increase the availability of continuing education programs,
library and information resources, and other means of assisting
isolated health care practitioners to stay current in their respective
fields.
- Identify the most cost effective strategies to address health
profession needs. This includes analysis of work force data, focused
utilization of existing resources, and the development of working
partnerships and collaborations.
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