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Welcome to the Georgia Health Careers Resource Clearinghouse [HCRC].

Purpose of the Clearinghouse

The Georgia Health Careers Resource Clearinghouse was developed through a partnership of the Georgia Department of Community Health, the Georgia Health Care Workforce Policy Advisory Committee [HWPAC], Mercer University School of Medicine / Medical Library, and the Georgia Statewide AHEC Network. It was created in response to critical shortages in Georgia's health care workforce, and represents a means to assemble and display materials aimed at improving recruitment and retention of Georgia's health care professionals.

The Clearinghouse provides a single site where interested users can easily view a range of products designed to aid those engaged in health care workforce RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION activities. By using the Clearinghouse, interested individuals can identify health career recruitment and retention materials that meet the recruitment and retention needs facing them. The Health careers products listed on the site include videos, games, posters, CD-ROMs and a wide array of other materials designed to meet the information needs of a wide range of audiences, ranging from elementary school students to adults. A complete list of these materials can be found in the Products section of this website.

Individuals interested in items displayed on the website can click on the appropriate link to get specific information about the product. Doing this will provide them with a thorough description of a product, its intended audience, the various media available for delivering these materials to their intended audience, the agency responsible for developing the material and other information. All the materials posted on the website are available for purchase. If you are interested in purchasing, click on the “how to buy” listing and you will be connected directly to the agency from which you will purchase the material. The service is FREE OF CHARGE and you will be billed directly by the agency distributing the material you purchase. All the proceeds of any sale of materials go to straight to the organization that created the purchased material.

The clearinghouse may also represent a powerful resource to use in distributing materials you and your agency have developed. If you feel that you have materials that could be displayed on this website, please contact us at to inquire about this possibility. Descriptions of the policies utilized to determine which materials will be displayed in the clearinghouse can be found in the Policies section of this website.

A physical display of the clearinghouse materials, where interested parties may view products on-site only, can be found at the Statewide AHEC Network Program Office in Augusta, Georgia. This office is open five days a week, Monday - Friday, from 8:30 - 4:30, and evenings by appointment. Clearinghouse materials may also be viewed at the Mercer Medical Library and Learning Resources Center.
*Please note – no copies may be made of any materials. Staff will be present at all times to supervise.



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