Introduction

The Department of Community Medicine has evolved into a complex component of the Medical School and plays a major role in preparing medical students and public health students to meet the primary health care needs of the state. Specifically, our medical students embrace the concept of our mission to prepare them for the practice of medicine in rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. As well, we educate our public health students to become responsive to the vast array of health needs so as to identify areas of significant risk to the Georgia population. The department is committed to providing the appropriate tools to all our students to become community responsive health professionals who are educated in the basics of community assessments, information technology, clinical aspects of evidence-based decision making, interpretation of the medical literature, practice management studies and population-based health care and medicine. The accomplishments of these efforts in the department are administered through the delivery of the following programs:

• Community Science (CS)

• Master of Public Health Program

• Community Research Program

As you prepare to make decisions about your educational goals  in medicine or public health, we encourage you to visit our departmental programs and medical school Web sites to become more informed about specific criteria as they apply to becoming a successful physician or public health professional in the state of Georgia. Our task is to assure we match our student goals with the mission and goals of our educational institution. Thank you for accessing our site. We hope the information provided piques your interest about our programs.  We encourage you to contact us for further information.

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