Texas AHEC Coordinators

Below you will find information necessary to recruit community teaching physicians for the UTMB 3^rd year Pediatric and Internal Medicine clerkships and the 4^th year Ambulatory Community Selective (ACS).  UTMB appreciates your efforts in recruiting and retaining preceptors who will assist us in training our future physicians.

UTMB Community-Based Courses
This page lists individual course schedules, syllabi, preceptor objectives, contact information and other links for each community-based course.

Community Teaching Physicians Qualifications:

• MDs and DOs are eligible
• Licensed in the state of Texas
• Board Certified in their discipline
• No disparaging marks on the Texas State Medical Board
• For the 4th year ACS, specialists are allowed to be a preceptor

Useful websites to verify preceptor status during recruitment process:

• Texas State Medical Board
• American Board of Medical Specialties
• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Family Medicine
• Texas Medical Association
• Listing of Medical Societies within Texas

UTMB Top Doc Award

UTMB will ask AHEC coordinators to help nominate Community Teaching Physicians that have excelled in assisting UTMB teach our future physicians.  This link will tell you more about this annual "Teacher of Distinction" award.

If you need to email a UTMB student, you can find their email address using the UTMB Directory.

AHEC Coordinators - if you have any questions about preceptor recruitment, please contact Brian Sullivan.