Health Professions Students (HPS) are students who are currently enrolled in health professions graduate programs. The Pee Dee AHEC Health Professions Students (HPS) Coordinators work closely with health profession degree programs from universities and colleges in South Carolina. The HPS Coordinators facilitate the placement of students in clinical rotations with preceptors, primarily in the rural and underserved areas within the Pee Dee region. This service bridges the gap between the university/college classroom setting and the clinical training site experiences.
The South Carolina AHEC Scholars program is part of a national initiative to prepare tomorrow’s health professionals to become leaders in interprofessional, transformative practice who serve those who need it the most.
The program consists of didactic and experiential training opportunities with a focus on primary care and service to rural and underserved populations. AHEC Scholars will receive preference for innovative, team-based clinical fieldwork placements, in addition to networking opportunities with state leaders and primary care professionals from across the state.
More information about the program is available below, on the flyer (PDF), or in the South Carolina AHEC Scholars Handbook (PDF).
HPS Coordinators help with various health disciplines including, but not limited to:
Reach out to Pee Dee AHEC for program details, partnerships, or support—we’re here to guide your healthcare education journey.
Pee Dee AHEC has limited, shared housing. Priority goes to AHEC Scholars and in-state students completing clinical rotations at primary care and/or rural clinical sites.
Details about our housing:
HPS Coordinators help with various health disciplines including, but not limited to:
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After submitting a placement request, students will be contacted via email or phone. If no response is received within one week, please follow up.
Please note due to the large number of clinical rotations requested and limited preceptor availability, we may be unable to accommodate all requests received. We strive to fulfill request in the order they are received.
South Carolina AHEC’s Interprofessional Team Case Conference (ITCC) brings students from various professions (Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Social Work, Physical Therapy, Medicine, Public Health, Pharmacy, Community Health Workers) and academic institutions across the state (MUSC, UofSC, A.T. Still, VCOM, Francis Marion University, and others) together to discuss a case of a patient in a rural, underserved area of South Carolina and to develop a longitudinal care plan.
Areas of focus for the case conference will include:
Now fully virtual | Monthly seminar series | Open to all graduate health professions students
Join the dialogue about the future of primary care! What should healthcare look like in the future? Put what you’ve learned into practice with this series of online seminars featuring case-based learning, guest speakers, and chances to interact with interprofessional groups of health professions students and providers from across the state.
AHEC Scholars credit available. All students who attend 5 or more seminars will receive a recognition certificate.
The Institute for Primary Care began in 2013 with funding from The Duke Endowment. Since its inception, the Institute has been providing a monthly interprofessional seminar series; an annual conference; and opportunities for mentorship, networking, and leadership to students who are interested in and committed to primary care.
If you have questions, contact Shaquana Randall at randals@musc.edu or 843-792-4429.
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