Overview of the

Alabama Medical Education Consortium

The Alabama Medical Education Consortium (AMEC) has been established to help address  the chronic and growing shortage of primary care physicians  and  dentists  who are  needed  in Alabama's rural and underserved areas.

AMEC aims to help meet the need of Alabama's primary care physician and dentist shortage by providing a pipeline for qualified individuals who wish to attend medical / dental school through a collaborative relationship between a number of participating Alabama universities and osteopathic colleges of

medicine / dentistry .  This collaborative relationship  is providing an opportunity  in conjunction with the participating Alabama schools and the following Osteopathic Medical / Dental Schools: 

• Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri;

• A. T. Still University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Mesa, Arizona;

• Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City Missouri;

• Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, Arizona;

• Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida;

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Georgia Campus, Suwanee, Georgia;

• Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Kentucky;

•  West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia. 

• Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health

• Nova Southeastern College of Dental Medicine

  This plan provides more than 100 medical school slots and up to 20 dental  slots per year for Alabama students .  Ten of the dental slots will have dual certification

( dental and medicine ).  The focus of these activities is targeted to rural and underserved Alabama.

The AMEC Program    Core Teaching Sites     Participating Universities 

    Participating Medical Schools     AMEC Physician Pipeline    Applying to AMEC   

Frequently Asked Questions     Alabama Osteopathic Residency Information

The Preceptor's Page     Contact AMEC     Reports/Publications    Links

Status of Primary Healthcare Reports 

          AMEC hosts a Think Tank  focusing  on faculty development in Montgomery, Alabama

          at Troy University on April 28, 2007.