Dear Student,
Welcome to the SOWEGA Area Health Education Center (AHEC) region. My goal as the Preceptor Coordinator for this area is to help you gain fulfilling educational experiences by providing community-based learning opportunities and clinical experiences within the rural and urban underserved communities of southeast Georgia. Community-based training will give you a unique opportunity to experience health care in a real world setting and interact one-on-one with your community based preceptor and patients. Current research has shown that health care professions students who have participated in these experiences have a better understanding of the complex needs of underserved communities.
The SOWEGA AHEC is a non-profit regional health education center, based in Albany, Georgia. Our mission is to increase the supply, distribution and education of health professionals in southeast Georgia.
Counties served by the SOWEGA AHEC:
Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Stewart, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster, Wilcox, Worth.
The SOWEGA AHEC is pleased to be able to offer benefits to students training within one of the counties within our service area. Some of the benefits offered are student housing, travel assistance and OVID access. Please contact our office for full information on all of our services. In order to receive any of the benefits listed, you must complete and return an AHEC student support form.
On behalf of the SOWEGA AHEC staff, welcome and we hope you enjoy your time spent in southwest Georgia! We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Preceptor Coordinator
Phone 229-439-7185
Student Support Coordinator
Community Based Education Sites Supported by SOWEGA AHEC |
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Phoebe Putney Memorial |
Albany-SURG Albany General Surgery |
Affinity Health Group |
| Albany-IM Albany Internal Medicine |
Albany-SURG Surgical Associates of Albany |
The Howard Center |
| Albany-IM Albany Area Primary Health Care |
Crisp Regional Pediatrics |
Children's Medical Group |
| Albany-IM The Tower Medical Group |
Southwestern State Hospital |
Neurology Clinic of South GA |
| Albany-IM Phoebe Inpatient Medical Specialist |
South Georgia Surgical Assoc. |
Valdosta Women's Center |
| Albany-PED Dr. Gauthier |
Tift Regional Medical Center |
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| Albany-PED Albany Area Primary Health Care |
Tifton-IM Affinity Health Group |
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SOWEGA AHEC Housing |
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| Albany | Thomasville | Valdosta |
| Cordele | Tifton | |
