About Pathway to Med School (PTMS) and how you can help

PTMS is an annual, intensive, residential program hosted by Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for 8 pre-med students (either undergraduate, graduate, or recent grads) who are Georgia residents, preferably from rural and/or medically underserved areas, and who show a demonstrated interest in practicing primary care in our state. One of the main components of the program is completing 80 hours of clinical shadowing with primary care physicians in our 31 counties in northeast Georgia. Clinical shadowing opportunities are needed from Thursday, May 25 – Wednesday, June 21, 2023.  

Hosting students for clinical shadowing means allowing the student to come and observe a “day in the life” of a primary care physician. The goal is to provide these students with a memorable experience that will encourage them to pursue practicing primary care in our state, particularly in northeast Georgia. Simply show them what you love about primary care!

  • There is no clinical teaching that has to be done and no evaluations/grading of the students.
  • You will have only 1 student at a time unless you specify otherwise.  
  • Students will be assigned for the full workday unless otherwise indicated.

We are flexible and willing to work with your schedule - just let us know when you are available to have a student for any of the dates listed below. Any contribution is helpful. Please contact Lana Brand, Foothills AHEC's Preceptor Coordinator, at 770-533-1052 or at clinicaltraining@foothillsahec.org with any questions or if you prefer to share your availability by email or over the phone.

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* 1. Physician Name

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* 2. Best e-mail address for PTMS correspondence:

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* 3. Name of clinical site

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* 4. Type of primary care physician

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* 5. E-mail address of practice administrator/site contact to be copied on correspondence (if applicable):

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* 6. Please check all dates that you are available to host a PTMS clinical shadowing student:

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* 7. Please let us know of any preferences, limitations, or special requests that you may have regarding PTMS student shadowing (i.e. willingness to take more than 1 student at a time, maximum number of days total):

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* 8. Interested in becoming more involved with the Pathway to Med School program? Select any of the program components below and we will follow up with more information:

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