Mid-Carolina AHEC is proud to announce the continuation
of a partnership begun in 2015 with the Emory University Rollins School of
Public Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region IV
Public Health Training Center. The
Region IV Public Health Training Center
(R-IV PHTC) aims to strengthen competence of the current and future
public health workforce in HHS Region IV, expose public health students to the
value of working in underserved areas and advocate for public health systems
and policies. For this upcoming summer field placement, Lovelace Family
Medicine in Prosperity will host Pathways to Practice Scholar award selectee Jennifer
Meunier, currently a first-year Masters of Public Health student at the
University of South Carolina.
Ms. Meunier will be working with Dr. Oscar Lovelace and
his staff to assess the effects of physician led weight management in primary
care and will conduct research on the benefit of obtaining a body composition
analysis for patients attending weight management classes versus those who attend
class alone. Further tasks will include
attending a weekly weight management class, following up with patients and
collaborating with the office’s weight management coordinator.
As part of the field placement program, students are
asked to complete a pre-survey, work plan, final evaluation, brief reflection
and executive summary paper, and a draft conference abstract on their
experience. According to Michelle L.
Carvalho, Program Manager and Coordinator at Emory University, these
requirements may also meet degree requirements for the students as well.
If you are a public health student interested in helping
a rural community in South Carolina while completing necessary components of
your curriculum, please contact Jeff Cauthen, Health Professions Student
Coordinator at Mid-Carolina AHEC, at jcauthen@comporium.net
or 803-286-4121.