Northcentral Area Health Education Center

http://www.ncpaahec.org/

Program Director: Ellen Krajewski, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
Clinical Coordinator: Curtis Swagler, D.O.
               
The Northcentral Area Health Education Center (AHEC) works to place students with physicians to complete rural primary care clerkships in ambulatory settings in a ten county region:

Centre    Columbia    Mifflin     Northumberland    Tioga
Clinton    Lycoming    Montour    Snyder     Union

AHEC-affiliated physicians are committed to providing quality training experiences in our rural communities. Each clerkship site in the Northcentral AHEC has a contact person to whom the students should report the first day of the clerkship.

The Northcentral AHEC strives to offer every student with adequate housing. The accomodations range from a rental house to rooms in homes of private individuals. Specific information will be sent to the student prior to the start of the clerkship. Each student is required to sign a housing agreement prior to the clerkship. A $25. refundable deposit is required for housing keys and the return of the CR-2 form.

Each student must have his/her own transportation. In these rural areas, practice sites, hospitals, and student housing are generally miles apart. If you arrive without your own transportation, the AHEC cannot relocate you to a different training site where you have been assigned.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Ardys Boostrom, M.D., M.P.H. at (570) 724-9145 or ardysb@ncpaahec.org