Community Based Clinical Training

Welcome to the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center (MCAHEC) region. Our goal 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 future patient population in community health centers, county health departments, local practitioners’ offices and many other community primary care sites. 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.

Community Based Clinical Training at Magnolia Coastlands AHEC is arranged by our Preceptor Coordinator, Bela Kundu.  She can be reached at 912-478-1921 or via email at bkundu@georgiasouthern.edu.

We can offer health care professionals the opportunity to precept health care professions students in clinical rotations. Students benefit from the experience, and the preceptor may benefit from new ideas and techniques currently being taught in the academic health sciences institutions.

Housing Support for Students in Clinical Training

Whenever possible, MCAHEC will provide housing to students rotating in our region. Housing is assigned by our Student Support Coordinator, Cheryl Harper, on a first come, first served basis.  Please direct all housing and travel assistance questions to Cheryl.  She can be contacted via email at charper@georgiasouthern.edu or by phone at (912) 478-2525.  If you are an MCG medical student or PCOM student, your housing has been reserved according to the rotation schedules we receive from Clerkship Coordinators.  If there has been a change to your rotation, please contact us.  You will receive an email two weeks prior to your rotation with the necessary forms and information.    

Once we receive your forms, you will be sent an email confirmation of housing with directions and check in contact information.  If you are a student who does not require housing, AHEC can assist you in other ways, such as providing travel assistance. 

If you do not attend PCOM or MCG, please contact Cheryl Harper when you know your rotation dates, so that housing may be reserved.

MCAHEC provides housing in Brunswick, Hinesville, Savannah and Statesboro.  We are sometimes able to provide housing in other areas. 

MCAHEC Student Profile Form

Hospital Orientation for Students in Clinical Training

St. Joseph’s/Candler:  MCG medical students and PCOM students who are doing a clinical rotation at St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System must complete an online orientation prior to the start of the rotation through MCAHEC. 

Please read over the Orientation Materials and then sign either the MCG Medical Student Agreement or the PCOM Medical Student Agreement AND the Medical Student Record Release.

Then, email these forms to Cheryl Harper at charper@georgiasouthern.edu.  These must be completed no later than one week before your rotation.