SC AHEC: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium

AHEC Site Coordinators
Community Site Coordinators (AHEC Health Professions Student Coordinators) will meet with students within the first week of the rotation and maintain contact throughout the rotation. In most areas, site coordinators will mail welcome packets to student home addresses or e-mail students prior to the rotation. AHEC coordinators:

• Are the first point of contact for preceptors regarding medical student scheduling and clerkship curriculum;
• Recruit new preceptors;
• Maintain a close working relationship with MUSC clerkship faculty;
• Arrange student housing (in areas where housing is provided) and help settle students into housing upon arrival in rural communities;
• Introduce students to practice, hospital, community, community resources;
• Are a constant resource and point of contact for community/practice projects (in some areas, students may work along side site coordinators on established projects, i.e. Winnsboro);
• Provide guidance in arranging patient home visits;
• Offer limited technology assistance (often student must be referred to student coordinators);
• Are ALWAYS available to provide support and assistance to students and preceptors.
  

Student Coordinators by Region
Lowcountry http://www.lcahec.com 302 Medical Park Drive, Suite 110, Walterboro, SC  29488 843-782-5052, Fax 843-782-5053 Counties:  Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper	Emily Warren, LMSW Health Professions Student Coordinator warrene@lcahec.com Cell 843-599-9701
	Kimbley Stephens, MS.Eed.  Health Professions Student Coordinator stephensk@lcahec.com Cell 843-562-6351
Mid-Carolina http://www.midcarolinaahec.org P.O. Box 2049, 1824 Hwy 9 By-Pass West Lancaster, SC 29721 803-286-4121, Fax 803-286-4165 Counties:  Aiken, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Union, York	Jeff Cauthen Health Professional Student Coordinator jcauthen@comporium.net Cell 803-287-4909
	Julie Ghent Health Professions Student Coordinator jughent@comporium.net Cell 803-287-4901
Pee Dee http://www.peedeeahec.net Medical Park West, P.O. Box 100551, Florence, SC 29501 Fax 843-777-5354 Counties:  Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter, Williamsburg	Traci Coward, MPH, CTRS Health Professions Student Coordinator tcoward@mcleodhealth.org 843-777-5345 1-800-768-4556 (Ext 5345) Cell 843-319-1863
	Kam Richardson, MA, LPC, MAC Health Professions Student Coordinator krichard@mcleodhealth.org 843-777-5341 1-800-768-4556 (Ext 5341) Cell 843-409-7382
Upstate http://www.upstateahec.org 200 North Main Street, Suite 201 Greenville, SC 29601 864-349-1160, Fax 864-349-1179 Counties:  Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg	Nancie Stover-Nicholson, BA, MPH Health Professions Student Coordinator nstover@upstateahec.org Cell 864-238-2648 Office 864-349-1175 Tina Fulton, BS Health Professional Student Coordinator tfulton@upstateahec.org Cell 864-238-2654 Office 864-349-1168