Foothills AHEC created these videos to provide continuing education for healthcare professionals in our community and to inform students about health careers they might consider for the future. Northeast Georgia’s Response to COVID-19 Video Series Northeast Georgia's Response to COVID-19: Interprofessional Collaboration in Action Northeast Georgia's Response to COVID-19: Increase Testing to Stop the Spread Northeast Georgia's Response to COVID-19: Partnering to Serve the Community Health Careers Video Series Mental Health Careers: How You Feel Matters Public Health Careers: Who Are the Helpers Careers in Emergency Medicine: The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love Charting a New Course: A Career in Medical Coding Pathway to Med School Program Videos Clinical Training Video

We’re excited to share that the Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC) awarded its third round of First In Family scholarships and ninth round of Intensive Program Scholarships! Congratulations to Jacob Ortiz and Esmerelda Rivera, our First in Family Scholarship Recipients! Jacob is a Biology student at Georgia Gwinnett College, and aspires to ultimately become an Anesthesiology Assistant. Esmerelda Rivera is a Radiology Technology students at Lanier Technical College, and aspires to become a Radiologist. We are excited to see all these students accomplish! We would also like to congratulate our Intensive Program Scholarship recipients, Claire Hall and Chloe Tanner! Claire is a graduate of Franklin County High School and participated in the Piedmont Health Scholars Program. She will be attending North Georgia Technical College to become a Registered Nurse. Chloe is a graduate of Dawson County High School and participated in the Brenau Medical Scholars Program. She will be studying Biology the University of North Georgia. Congratulations to these bright students! For more information about these scholarships, please click here: https://www.foothillsahec.org/resources/scholarships

Foothills AHEC | Quarterly Newsletter | May 2025

Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC), in collaboration with community partners from across Northeast Georgia, administers this 5-week residential program each summer for undergraduate pre-medical students attending Georgia institutions who plan to stay in state for medical school and practice primary care in Georgia. The program consists of 180-scheduled program hours of clinical shadowing, community-based research, and instructional sessions.

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Congratulation to the 2024 Pathway to Med School Graduating Class!   We are so proud of these future physicians as they spent an intensive month shadowing, researching, and preparing themselves for the rigors of medical school and beyond!   Thank you to NGPG, Piedmont Athens Regional, MedLink Hartwell , Swanahoochee Pediatrics, Oconee Valley Healthcare, and Legacy Medical Clinic for providing clinical shadowing!   Thank you to the AU/UGA Medical Partnership Campus, PCOM-GA, Mercer School of Medicine, and Morehouse School of Medicine for providing guidance on their journey to med school! This program would not be possible without these volunteers. We would also like to thank Piedmont Athens Regional Internal Medicine GME and the Department of Public Health - District 2 for mentoring research projects. We wish our graduating class and 10th PTMS Cohort all the best!

We’re excited once again to share that the Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC) awarded its second round of First In Family scholarships! Congratulations to Nayeli Canales, a nursing student at Brenau University, and Remington Allgood, a nursing student at the University of North Georgia! We are so pleased to see how many amazing students we have in our region!!

Congratulations are in order for our 2024 Intensive Program Scholarship recipients: Marilyn Suazo and Ashlynn Blackwell! These young ladies both exhibited a deep passion for healthcare and were involved in various community services that made them stand out from our other applicants.

The Foothills AHEC First in Family Scholarship Application is now open! Apply today by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NF2RSJD