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Undergraduate Program AHEC Northwest - Fayetteville
AHEC-Northwest was established in Fayetteville in 1975 with the objective of developing a program that included all of the overall AHEC program goals, with an emphasis on excellence. Our region consists of eleven counties in Northwest Arkansas (Washington, Madison, Newton, Searcy, Benton, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Baxter, Stone and Izard), with an estimated population of 350,000+. Dr. Joanna Thomas serves as the Family Medicine Clerkship Site Director. Janice Huddleston is the Clerkship Coordinator. The AHEC Northwest Family Medicine Residency has two clinic facilities. In March, 1993, the program moved into its main clinic site in Fayetteville. This modern 18,000 square foot facility is located on an attractive two-acre tract of land on the northeastern border of Fayetteville. The Family Medicine Center is nestled in surrounding hills in a pastoral-type setting. The facility is designed and equipped with a goal of it serving as an effective training site for eighteen resident physicians. In April, 1996, the residency opened the Northwest Family Medical Center in Springdale. This beautiful 8,600 square foot clinic located in the Jones Center was developed to meet the demands of a growing population in Northwest Arkansas and a growing interest in our program. Nine of our residents have their Family Practice Clinics in this facility. Both clinics feature computerized patient record systems. The residency will be fully integrated between the two centers. Faculty will supervise at both sites rather than be assigned exclusively to one or the other. Resident rotations and call will be identical regardless of the site at which the resident is assigned for outpatient clinics. Noon conferences will be held jointly at the Fayetteville Family Practice Center, which is an equal distance between Northwest Medical Center in Springdale and Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. The AHEC-NW Library is located on the AHEC-NW campus with a satellite library located at Washington Regional Medical Center. The library has 165 journal subscriptions and approximately 1,500 textbooks and subscribes to three videocassette series in obstetrics, general surgery and general medicine along with the Audio-Digest in family practice and obstetrics/gynecology. Services that the library offers include searches of the literature for specific articles, interlibrary loan services and the compact disk version of MEDLINE for literature searches to name a few. Northwest Arkansas is known for its beautiful and rugged Ozark Mountains. It is considered by many Arkansans to be the most desirable area to live in the state. Money Magazine rated it as the seventh "Best Place to Live" in the country (over 400 cities were ranked). Rand McNally’s "Retirement Places" rated Northwest Arkansas among the top five places to retire in America. Outside magazine has described Fayetteville as one of the "next wave of dream towns" while the recently published book 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family ranked Northwest Arkansas as the 5th leading area for quality of life. The local economy is incredibly strong with an unemployment rate consistently at 3% or less. Because of the desirability of this region, several major corporations have established their headquarters in this area. With the main campus of the University of Arkansas being located in Fayetteville, we have available all of the advantages of life in a college town such as excellent restaurants, various cultural events and major college sports. Because of our affiliation with UAMS, we are allowed access to the University’s facilities here in Fayetteville. These facilities include the university’s unequaled athletic building with its indoor swimming pool, racquetball courts, basketball courts, etc. The residency program facilities are a short drive from the incredible natural wonders of the Ozark Mountains. White water rivers, lakes for fishing and boating, backpacking trails, caves, and sheer mountain cliffs abound for your exploration. The Victorian city of Eureka Springs is less than an hour’s drive and features the Great Passion Play, the breathtaking Thorncrown Chapel and the Eureka Springs Botanical Gardens along with unique shops for browsing. To contact us:
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