Undergraduate Program

AHEC Northeast - Jonesboro

The Area Health Education Center at Jonesboro was established in 1974. The Family Practice Clinic and AHEC offices are located in the Diagnostic Treatment Center adjacent to the ANNEX buliding attached to St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center. 

Academic programs at AHEC-Northeast include a family practice residency, opportunities for senior medical students to assume intern-level responsibilities with active participation in various aspects of patient care.  Preceptorship rotations for senior nursing and pharmacy students, and a rural preceptorship program after pre-clinical training are also available. 

AHEC-Northeast offers continuing education for staff, students, residents and physicians on a regular basis.  The AHEC library maintains an extensive collection of monographs, journals, pamphlets, reference books, and audiovisuals.  Special library services such as literature searches, current awareness searches, computer-assisted research, and interlibrary loans are available to meet individual needs. 

Jonesboro is located in northeast Arkansas in the midst of a large agricultural area.  It is one of the fastest growing commercial and industrial areas in the state, with a population of approximately 50,000 and serving a trade area of over 300,000 people.  Of major importance to Jonesboro is Arkansas State University, the second largest institution of higher learning in the state, with an enrollment of more than 7,000 students. 

Recreation in northeast Arkansas includes limitless outdoor opportunity in several state parks and ample facilities for golf, tennis, swimming, fishing, hunting, and white-water canoeing.  There are many places to shop in and around Jonesboro, and additional entertainment can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, an hour’s drive to the south.