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ABOUT BLUE RIDGE AHEC
Blue Ridge AHEC is a non-profit regional health education center, based
in Rome. The mission of Blue Ridge AHEC is to increase the supply, distribution
and education of health professionals in Northwest Georgia. We accomplish
this mission by:
- “Growing Our Own” health professionals. Studies
have shown that students are more likely to practice in the communities
where they were trained.
“Growing Our Own” health professionals involves creating
a “pipeline” of students interested in health care careers,
providing them with information about careers in health, and counseling
them throughout their school years. Blue Ridge AHEC also assists students
in training for health careers through our Preceptor Coordination department,
and provides continuing education programs for existing health professionals
through our Learning Resources/CE Coordinator.
Beginning in elementary school, Blue Ridge AHEC’s health career
counselors make students aware of their options in fun ways of exploration
of careers. In middle school, students are encouraged to explore a
variety of health care careers and the high school preparation needed
to be successful in that pathway. Finally, in high school, students
are provided more detailed information about salary expectations, job
projections, college requirements, and financial aid linkages. We also
provide students with opportunities to shadow different health career
professionals, attend Health Career Camps in the region and a statewide
camp, visiting different campuses, motivating them to stay positive
about their goals.
When the student is accepted into a health care training program, Blue
Ridge AHEC assist the student to come to our northwest Georgia region
for their clinical training, if approved by their school and the school
is working with our AHEC. We pride ourselves on
- Establishing community-based clinical training sites.
- Identifying resources and developing networks.
- Developing strategies for retention and continuing education
of health care professionals.
If you live, work and raise a family in Northwest Georgia:
- Your chances of finding a health care provider are improved because
of our efforts to recruit and retain health care workers
for Northwest Georgia.
- You will receive medical care from providers
who are up-to-date with current practices because of the continuing
education they receive.
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