For more information about Practice Entry and Support, contact:
Amanda Thomas
Program Coordinator
1722 Colcord Ave.
Waco, Texas 76707
Phone: (254) 753-4392 ext. 12
About Practice Entry and Support
The goal of Brazos AHEC Practice Entry and Support is to establish and maintain programs that recruit and retain health professionals for underserved populations throughout Central Texas. Brazos AHEC is committed to providing learning resources for various levels of health professionals, developing programming that is responsive to the continuing education needs of practicing health professionals in the area, and increasing retention of health care professionals in the area by enriching practice environments and improving professional achievement satisfaction levels.
Practice Entry and Support Programs
The AHEC Professional Corps is composed of licensed/certified health care personnel providing their professional services in selected health care delivery sites, where they use their skills and training to help people with the greatest need. The APC program has been developed within the family of the AmeriCorps programs to respond to currently unmet health care needs in chronically underserved areas.
East Texas Geriatric Education Center
The East Texas Geriatric Education Center (ETGEC) was established in 2003 by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. As part of the Sealy Center on Aging, the mission of the ETGEC is to provide educational opportunities and continuing education in geriatrics to clinical health professionals and faculty who teach in health professions programs, and to students in health professions in East Texas. Through partnerships with the East Texas Area Health Education Centers and affiliation institutions throughout East Texas, the ETGEC attempts to enhance the level and availability of geriatric education and training with the overall goal of providing a positive impact on the health of older adults through out East Texas. For upcoming lecture series information, click here. www.etgec.utmb.edu
Texas Health Match is a statewide collaborative effort, between the Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) (East Texas AHEC, West Texas AHEC, South Texas AHEC), Texas Department of State Health Services, and the Office of Rural Community Affairs to assist rural and medically underserved communities recruit and retain healthcare providers, healthcare related professionals, and health industry skilled workers. Texas Health Match offers both jobseeker to employer self matching and free technical assistance from recruitment and retention staff to assist in the process, from online assistance with profiles to face to face community development. www.txhealthmatch.com