PATHWAY TO MED SCHOOL 1512 WEST THIRD AVENUE

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FAMILY MEDICINE

INTERNAL MEDICINE

OB-GYN

PEDIATRICS

GENERAL SURGERY

A COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE COORDINATED BY

FUNDED IN PART BY

The Foundation of the GAFP

The Pediatric Foundation of Georgia

SOWEGA-AHEC’S

38 - COUNTY

SERVICE AREA

ALBANY AREA

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC.

Atkinson

Bacon

Baker

Ben Hill

Berrien

Brooks

Calhoun

Clay

Clinch

Coffee

Colquitt

Cook

Crisp

Decatur

Dooly

Dougherty

Early

Echols

Grady

Irwin

Lanier

Lee

Lowndes

Miller

Mitchell

Pulaski

Quitman

Randolph

Seminole

Stewart

Sumter

Terrell

Thomas

Tift

Tuner

Webster

Wilcox

Worth

PATHWAY CLASS OF 2015

G O A L S &

O B J E C T I V E S

Increase likelihood of being

accepted into medical school

Provide early exposure to

primary care

Encourage students to return

to practice in southwest

Georgia upon completion of

medical education

Provide exposure to

community medicine

Establish meaningful role

models through mentor-

student relationships

Provide community and

patient-centered primary care

research experience

N A T I O N A L R E C O G N I T I O N

GAFP Foundation won the 2006 Outstanding Programming Award from the AAFP Foundation for its support of the Pathway to Med School Program

2008 National AHEC Organization Award for Excellence in Health Careers for the Pathway to Med School Program

The Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc.,

Southwest Georgia Family Medicine Residency,

and the Southwest Georgia Area Health

Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) have

developed the Pathway to Med School Program

specifically for college students enrolled in an

approved pre-med curriculum who plan to attend

medical school and pursue the primary care

specialties of:

Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

OB-GYN

Pediatrics

General Surgery

The program can accept only a limited number of

students and consists of shadowing primary care

physicians and working on practice-based

community research projects. Participating in the

program and attending key seminars will enhance

the participants’ ability to gain admission into

medical school.

“My admissions interviewer was clearly

impressed with all of the shadowing

which she said made me, ‘well prepared’

for medical school.”

-Pathway Student

The Program

The SOWEGA-AHEC Pathway to Med School

program is a 160-hour structured residential

experience featuring 60% clinical shadowing and

40% community research. The program is offered in

a four-week summer block and housing is provided

at no charge. The program also includes seminars

and round-table discussions, as well as mentoring by

primary care physicians. All experiences will take

place in SOWEGA-AHEC’s 38-county service area.

2004-2015 Historical Facts

Number of Pathway Applicants: 508

Number of students accepted to Pathway

program: 96

Number of participants who have completed

the med school application process: 68

Number who have been accepted to med

school: 56

Of the past 12 classes of Pathway graduates, 87%

who have applied to and heard results from all their

applications have gained admittance.

This four-week summer program begins July 11

and ends August 5. Early application is strongly

recommended. Preference will be given to

students from SOWEGA-AHEC’s 38 counties.

“I certainly had plenty of things to speak

about when my interviewer asked me about

my ‘most memorable’ shadowing

experience.”

-Pathway Student To complete the online application and for more

information, visit www.sowega-ahec.org/pathway

Interested in becoming a primary

care physician in Georgia?

ENHANCE YOUR PROBABILITY OF ACCEPTANCE INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL

Eligibility

Applicants to the SOWEGA-AHEC Pathway to

Med School Program must:

Be at least a rising college sophomore

working on a pre-med curriculum

Have a minimum 3.0 GPA in science

courses and an overall 3.0 GPA

Be a legal Georgia resident and U.S.

citizen enrolled in a Georgia college or

university

Write a 500-word essay entitled, “Why I’m

Interested in becoming a Primary Care

Physician”

Have reliable transportation during the

four-week program

How to Apply

Complete the online application and essay at

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PTMS2016App

and submit official transcripts no later than

March 2, 2016.

Students will be notified of acceptance by early

April 2016.

Students can only apply to one of the two

Pathway to Med School Programs (SOWEGA-

AHEC or Foothills). If students apply to both

programs, their application will be disqualified

and no longer considered for either program.